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Hidden hospital mortality in patients with sepsis discharged from the intensive care unit

2019; Associação de Medicina Intensiva Brasileira; Volume: 31; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5935/0103-507x.20190037

1982-4335

I Aguiar-Ricardo, Hélia Mateus, João Gonçalves-Pereira,

Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes

Objective: To evaluate the impact of the presence of sepsis on in-hospital mortality after intensive care unit discharge.Methods: Retrospective, observational, single-center study.All consecutive patients discharged alive from the intensive care unit of Hospital Vila Franca de Xira (Portugal) from January 1 to December 31, 2015 (N = 473) were included and followed until death or hospital discharge.In-hospital mortality after intensive care unit discharge was calculated for septic and non-septic patients.Results: A total of 61 patients (12.9%) died in the hospital after being discharged alive from the intensive care unit.This rate was higher among the patients with sepsis on admission, 21.4%, whereas the in-hospital, postintensive care unit mortality rate for the remaining patients was nearly half Conflicts of interest: None.