Open AccessEtiology of Shock in the Emergency Department: A 12-Year Population-Based Cohort Study
Author(s) -
Jon Gitz Holler,
Helene Kildegaard,
Daniel Pilsgaard Henriksen,
Lars Melholt Rasmussen,
Søren Mikkelsen,
Court Pedersen,
Annmarie Touborg Lassen
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
shock
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.095
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1540-0514
pISSN - 1073-2322
DOI - 10.1097/shk.0000000000000816
Subject(s) - medicine , etiology , septic shock , shock (circulatory) , emergency department , population , hazard ratio , cohort , confidence interval , proportional hazards model , poisson regression , sepsis , environmental health , psychiatry
The knowledge of the etiology and associated mortality of undifferentiated shock in the emergency department (ED) is limited. We aimed to describe the etiology-based proportions and incidence rates (IR) of shock, as well as the associated mortality in the ED.