Incidence, trends, and outcomes of infection sites among hospitalizations of sepsis: A nationwide study.

PURPOSE:To determine the trends of infection sites and outcome of sepsis using a national population-based database. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample database of the US, adult sepsis hospitalizations and infection sites were identified using a validated approach that selec...

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Main Authors: Eric H Chou, Shaynna Mann, Tzu-Chun Hsu, Wan-Ting Hsu, Carolyn Chia-Yu Liu, Toral Bhakta, Dahlia M Hassani, Chien-Chang Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227752