Population
1,276,451 surgery discharges from New Jersey hospitals, including 537,843 elective and 738,608 non-elective…
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Cohort
Follow-up
in-hospital
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Rising postoperative sepsis incidence warrants heightened vigilance; leaves open whether trends reflect true epidemiology or coding changes.
Over a 17-year period, the incidence of postoperative sepsis and severe sepsis increased significantly, with in-hospital mortality improving only for non-elective surgery patients.
Vogel et al. (2009) studied this question.
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