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==Epidemiology==
==Epidemiology==
===USA===
* In the United States, sepsis is the leading cause of death in non-coronary [[Intensive Care Unit|ICU]] patients
* In the United States, sepsis is the leading cause of death in non-coronary [[Intensive Care Unit|ICU]] patients
* IT is the tenth most common cause of death overall according to data from the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]].<ref>Martin GS, Mannino DM, Eaton S, Moss M. The epidemiology of sepsis in the United States from 1979 through 2000. N Engl J Med. 2003 Apr 17;348(16):1546-54. PMID 12700374 [http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/abstract/348/16/1546 Full Text].</ref>  
===Worldwide===
* It is a major cause of death in intensive care units worldwide, with mortality rates that range from 20% for sepsis to 40% for severe sepsis to > 60% for [[septic shock]].
===Mortality===
* It is the tenth most common cause of death overall according to data from the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]].<ref>Martin GS, Mannino DM, Eaton S, Moss M. The epidemiology of sepsis in the United States from 1979 through 2000. N Engl J Med. 2003 Apr 17;348(16):1546-54. PMID 12700374 [http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/abstract/348/16/1546 Full Text].</ref>  
===Risk groups===
* Sepsis is common and also more dangerous in elderly, immunocompromised, and critically ill patients.  
* Sepsis is common and also more dangerous in elderly, immunocompromised, and critically ill patients.  
* It occurs in 1%-2% of all hospitalizations and accounts for as much as 25% of [[intensive care medicine|intensive care unit]] (ICU) bed utilization.
* It occurs in 1%-2% of all hospitalizations and accounts for as much as 25% of [[intensive care medicine|intensive care unit]] (ICU) bed utilization.
* It is a major cause of death in intensive care units worldwide, with mortality rates that range from 20% for sepsis to 40% for severe sepsis to > 60% for [[septic shock]].


==References==
==References==

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief: Priyamvada Singh, M.D. [2]

Overview

Epidemiology

USA

  • In the United States, sepsis is the leading cause of death in non-coronary ICU patients

Worldwide

  • It is a major cause of death in intensive care units worldwide, with mortality rates that range from 20% for sepsis to 40% for severe sepsis to > 60% for septic shock.

Mortality

Risk groups

  • Sepsis is common and also more dangerous in elderly, immunocompromised, and critically ill patients.
  • It occurs in 1%-2% of all hospitalizations and accounts for as much as 25% of intensive care unit (ICU) bed utilization.

References

  1. Martin GS, Mannino DM, Eaton S, Moss M. The epidemiology of sepsis in the United States from 1979 through 2000. N Engl J Med. 2003 Apr 17;348(16):1546-54. PMID 12700374 Full Text.


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