Sepsis in Intensive Care Unit Patients: Worldwide Data From the Intensive Care over Nations Audit

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Authors

Yasser Sakr · Jena University Hospital

Ulrich Jaschinski · University Hospital Augsburg

Xavier Wittebole · Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc

Tamás Szakmány · Cardiff University

Jeffrey Lipman · Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital

Silvio A. Ñamendys‐Silva · Instituto Nacional de Cancerología

Ignacio Martín‐Loeches

Abstract

Sepsis remains a major health problem in ICU patients worldwide and is associated with high mortality rates. However, there is wide variability in the sepsis rate and outcomes in ICU patients around the globe.

Topics & Keywords

Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Nosocomial Infections in ICU Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Volume 5, Issue 12, pp. ofy313-ofy313

DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofy313

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