Why the study?
Does severe sepsis/septic shock increase long-term (10-year) mortality in younger previously healthy patients compared to nonseptic critical illness and the general population?
Does severe sepsis/septic shock increase long-term (10-year) mortality in younger previously healthy patients compared to nonseptic critical illness and the general population?
Younger, previously healthy patients who experience severe sepsis or septic shock face a higher 10-year mortality risk than those with nonseptic critical illness or the general population.
May warrant extended surveillance in sepsis survivors; leaves open causal mechanisms and intervention targets.
Previously healthy patients suffering an episode of severe sepsis have increased long-term mortality compared with patients with nonseptic critical illness and a general population.
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Linder et al. (2014) studied this question.