Epidemiological trends of sepsis in the twenty-first century (2000-2013): an analysis of incidence, mortality, and associated costs in Spain

• Main Authors: Alejandro Álvaro-Meca (Author), María A. Jiménez-Sousa (Author), Dariela Micheloud (Author), Ainhoa Sánchez-Lopez (Author), María Heredia-Rodríguez (Author), Eduardo Tamayo (Author), Salvador Resino (Author), on behalf of the Group of Biomedical Research in Critical Care Medicine (BioCritic) (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Sepsis has represented a substantial health care and economic burden worldwide during the previous several decades. Our aim was to analyze the epidemiological trends of hospital admissions, deaths, hospital resource expenditures, and associated costs related to sepsis during the...