Patients hospitalized for sepsis experience poor outcomes

Compared with patients hospitalized with other diagnoses, patients hospitalized for sepsis/septicemia are:

Hall M, Williams S, DeFrances C, Golosinskiy A. Inpatient Care for Septicemia or Sepsis: A challenge for patients and hospitals. NCHS Data Brief. 2011; 62. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db62.htm

Title: Inpatient Care for Septicemia or Sepsis: A challenge for patients and hospitals
Publication: NCHS Data Brief
Publisher: Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Publication Date: 2011
Authors: Hall M, Williams S, DeFrances C, Golosinskiy A
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Around $35 billion cost to society from antibiotic resistant infections
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Most common principal diagnoses for hospitalized patients with HAIs
The most common principal diagnoses for hospitalized patients with HAIs are: Septicemia 11.8% Adult respiratory failure 5.9% Complications from surgical or medical care 4.1% [ Get More Details ]
1 in 10 HAI hospital stays from sepsis
1 in 10 hospital stays with HAIs have a principal diagnosis of septicemia. [ Get More Details ]
Antibiotic resistance of Klebsiella pneumoniae on the rise
Resistance of Klebsiella pneumoniae to antibiotics has dramatically increased- from 5.3% to 11.6% for third generation cephalosporins (between 1999 and 2010), and from <0.1% to 4.5% for carbapenams (between 2002… [ Get More Details ]
Comorbidities and hospitalization higher with HAIs
Patients with HAIs have more comorbidities (2.8 vs. 1.9) and in-hospital mortality (9% vs. 1.5%), compared to all other hospitalized patients. [ Get More Details ]