Temporal Trends in Mortality of Critically Ill Patients with Sepsis in the United Kingdom, 1988-2019.

Hallie C PrescottDavid A HarrisonKathryn M RowanManu Shankar-HariHannah Wunsch

Published in: American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine (2024)

Over a thirty-year period, mortality for ICU admissions with sepsis decreased substantially. While changes in case mix accounted for the majority of observed mortality reduction, there was an 8.8 percentage point reduction in mortality not explained by case mix.

Keyphrases

cardiovascular events
intensive care unit
acute kidney injury
cardiovascular disease
type diabetes
coronary artery disease
septic shock
cross sectional
acute respiratory distress syndrome