%0 Journal Article %J BMJ %D 2016 %T Late mortality after sepsis: propensity matched cohort study. %A Hallie C Prescott %A Osterholzer, John J %A Kenneth M. Langa %A Angus, Derek C %A Theodore J Iwashyna %K Aged %K Aged, 80 and over %K Case-Control Studies %K Cause of Death %K Female %K Hospital Mortality %K Hospitalization %K Humans %K Longitudinal Studies %K Male %K Medicare %K Propensity Score %K Prospective Studies %K Sepsis %K Time Factors %K United States %X

OBJECTIVES:  To determine whether late mortality after sepsis is driven predominantly by pre-existing comorbid disease or is the result of sepsis itself.

DEIGN:  Observational cohort study.

SETTING:  US Health and Retirement Study.

PARTICIPANTS:  960 patients aged ≥65 (1998-2010) with fee-for-service Medicare coverage who were admitted to hospital with sepsis. Patients were matched to 777 adults not currently in hospital, 788 patients admitted with non-sepsis infection, and 504 patients admitted with acute sterile inflammatory conditions.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:  Late (31 days to two years) mortality and odds of death at various intervals.

RESULTS:  Sepsis was associated with a 22.1% (95% confidence interval 17.5% to 26.7%) absolute increase in late mortality relative to adults not in hospital, a 10.4% (5.4% to 15.4%) absolute increase relative to patients admitted with non-sepsis infection, and a 16.2% (10.2% to 22.2%) absolute increase relative to patients admitted with sterile inflammatory conditions (P<0.001 for each comparison). Mortality remained higher for at least two years relative to adults not in hospital.

CONCLUSIONS:  More than one in five patients who survives sepsis has a late death not explained by health status before sepsis.

%B BMJ %V 353 %P i2375 %8 2016 May 17 %G eng %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27189000 %1 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27189000?dopt=Abstract %R 10.1136/bmj.i2375