The number of hospitalizations for sepsis has more than doubled from 2000-2008, according to recent research from the CDC.
• The hospitalization rates for sepsis in 2008 were similar for males and females and increased with age.
• Patients under age 65 and age 65 and over who were hospitalized for sepsis in 2008 were sicker and stayed longer than those hospitalized for other conditions.
• Seventeen percent of sepsis hospitalizations ended in death, whereas only 2 percent of other hospitalizations did.
• Patients hospitalized for sepsis were more than eight times as likely to die during their hospitalization.
Read the CDC report on sepsis hospitalizations.
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CDC compiled data relating to sepsis hospitalizations from its annual National Hospital Discharge Survey. Other key findings include the following:• The hospitalization rates for sepsis in 2008 were similar for males and females and increased with age.
• Patients under age 65 and age 65 and over who were hospitalized for sepsis in 2008 were sicker and stayed longer than those hospitalized for other conditions.
• Seventeen percent of sepsis hospitalizations ended in death, whereas only 2 percent of other hospitalizations did.
• Patients hospitalized for sepsis were more than eight times as likely to die during their hospitalization.
Read the CDC report on sepsis hospitalizations.
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