Sepsis has been around since the dawn of time, having been described for more than 2000
years, although clinical definitions are recent. The consensus sepsis definitions have …

Objectives To ascertain the absolute number of M edicare beneficiaries surviving at least 3
years after severe sepsis and to estimate their burden of cognitive dysfunction and disability …

Vitamin D insufficiency and sepsis are both highly prevalent worldwide problems and this
article reviews the emerging science that is defining the intersections of these conditions …

Background We sought to determine the associations between baseline chronic medical
conditions and future risk of sepsis. Methods Longitudinal cohort study using the 30,239 …

Rationale: Survivors of critical illness suffer significant limitations and disabilities. Objectives:
Ascertain whether severe sepsis is associated with increased risk of so-called geriatric …

The growing basic and clinical investigations into the extraskeletal effects of vitamin D have
revealed roles in the functioning of the immune system, generating interesting questions …

Health care–associated and hospital-acquired infections are two entities associated with
increased morbidity and mortality. They are highly costly and constitute a great burden to the …

Objectives: The primary objective of this study was to identify which patient demographic,
patient health, and hospital characteristics were associated with in-hospital mortality. A …

Objective: We sought to examine trends in the race-specific incidence of acute respiratory
failure in the United States. Design: Retrospective cohort study. Setting: We used the …

Sepsis is defined as the combination of pathologic infection and physiological changes
known collectively as the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (Martin, 2003). This …