Hospital Deaths in Patients With Sepsis From 2 Independent Cohorts

Hospital Deaths in Patients With Sepsis From 2 Independent CohortsSepsis, the inflammatory response to infection, affects millions of patients worldwide. 1However, its effect on overall hospital mortality has not been measured.We quantified the contribution of sepsis to mortality in 2 complementary inpatient cohorts from Kaiser Permanente Northern California (KPNC) and the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS).Methods | The KPNC cohort included 482 828 adults (aged ≥18 years) with overnight, nonobstetrical hospitalizations at 21 KPNC hospitals between 2010 and 2012. 2 Compared with all Northern California patients, KPNC patients have broadly similar health characteristics…