Update on Sepsis Epidemiology in the Era of COVID-19

C Shappell, C Rhee, M Klompas - Seminars in Respiratory and …, 2023 - thieme-connect.com
Timely and accurate data on the epidemiology of sepsis is essential to inform public policy,
clinical practice, and research priorities. Recent studies have illuminated several ongoing …

Association between time to appropriate antimicrobial treatment and 30-day mortality in patients with bloodstream infections: a retrospective cohort study

J Van Heuverswyn, JK Valik… - Clinical infectious …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background Effective antimicrobial treatment is key for survival in bloodstream infection
(BSI), but the impact of timing of treatment remains unclear. Our aim was to assess the …

[HTML][HTML] Patient characteristics in sepsis-related deaths: prevalence of advanced frailty, comorbidity, and age in a Norwegian hospital trust

MA Torvik, SH Nymo, SH Nymo, LP Bjørnsen… - Infection, 2023 - Springer
Objective To examine the prevalence of advanced frailty, comorbidity, and age among
sepsis-related deaths in an adult hospital population. Methods Retrospective chart reviews …

Emulating a Target Trial of Shorter Compared to Longer Course of Antibiotic Therapy for Gram-Negative Bacteremia

S Tingsgård, S Bastrup Israelsen… - Clinical Infectious …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Background Despite the availability of antimicrobial therapies, gram-negative bacteremia
remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality on a global level. Recent randomized …

Estimating sepsis incidence using administrative data and clinical medical record review

L Mellhammar, E Wollter, J Dahlberg… - JAMA network …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Despite the large health burden, reliable data on sepsis epidemiology are
lacking; studies usingInternational Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health …

Dynamic nomogram for predicting thrombocytopenia in adults with acute pancreatitis

H Deng, X Yu, K Gao, Y Liu, Z Tong… - Journal of Inflammation …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Objective Thrombocytopenia increases the risk of hemorrhage in patients with acute
pancreatitis (AP), leading to poor clinical outcomes. Currently, there is no reliable tool for the …

[HTML][HTML] Oxygen desaturation index, lowest arterial oxygen saturation and time spent below 90% oxygen saturation as diagnostic markers for obstructive sleep apnea

D Kong, C Hu, H Zhu - American Journal of Translational Research, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) syndrome is associated with a high mortality,
and blood oxygen indexes play an important role in evaluating this disease. The objective of …

[HTML][HTML] Blood neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio is associated with 90-day mortality and 60-day readmission in Gram negative bacteremia: a multi-center cohort study

M Roldgaard, T Benfield, S Tingsgård - BMC Infectious Diseases, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Introduction The Neutrophil-Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR) in blood has demonstrated its
capability to predict bacteremia in emergency departments, and its association with mortality …

[HTML][HTML] Performance of bedside tools for predicting infection-related mortality and administrative data for sepsis surveillance: An observational cohort study

M Bateson, CA Marwick, HJ Staines, A Patton… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background Measuring sepsis incidence and associated mortality at scale using
administrative data is hampered by variation in diagnostic coding. This study aimed first to …

Skåringsverktøy for tidlig oppdagelse av sepsis på sengepost

EE Karlsen, NA Rønsåsbjørg, S Skrede, KA Mosevoll - 2023 - bora.uib.no
BAKGRUNN Sepsis er en av de vanligste årsakene til død i norske sykehus. Tilstanden er
ofte oversett og behandlingen forsinket. Skåringsverktøy for å oppdage pasienter med …