Incidence and impact of organ dysfunctions associated with sepsis

B Guidet, P Aegerter, R Gauzit, P Meshaka, D Dreyfuss… - Chest, 2005 - Elsevier
Objective To study the incidence and severity of organ dysfunction associated with sepsis
Design Comprehensive review of prospectively collected data from intensive care patients
hospitalized between 1997 and 2001 Setting Thirty-five ICUs in nonuniversity and university
hospitals located in the Paris area Patients All patients hospitalized in the ICU for> 24 h
meeting the criteria for severe sepsis (SS), either with only one organ dysfunction present
during the ICU stay (SS1; n= 5,675) or with at least two organ dysfunction present during the …