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The Epidemiology of Sepsis in the United States from 1979 through 2000
Author(s) -
Greg S. Martin,
David M. Mannino,
Stephanie Eaton,
Marc Moss
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa022139
Subject(s) - medicine , epidemiology , sepsis , incidence (geometry) , race (biology) , outcome (game theory) , demography , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , immunology , physics , sociology , optics , botany , mathematics , mathematical economics , biology
Sepsis represents a substantial health care burden, and there is limited epidemiologic information about the demography of sepsis or about the temporal changes in its incidence and outcome. We investigated the epidemiology of sepsis in the United States, with specific examination of race and sex, causative organisms, the disposition of patients, and the incidence and outcome.

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