Importance Septic shock currently refers to a state of acute circulatory failure associated with
infection. Emerging biological insights and reported variation in epidemiology challenge the …

Importance Definitions of sepsis and septic shock were last revised in 2001. Considerable
advances have since been made into the pathobiology (changes in organ function …

Background Perioperative infection and sepsis are of fundamental concern to perioperative
clinicians. However, standardised endpoints are either poorly defined or not routinely …

Objective To document the incidence, mortality rate, and risk factors for sepsis and septic
shock compared with pulmonary embolism and myocardial infarction in the general-surgery …

Objectives: To evaluate the incidence of postoperative sepsis after elective procedures, to
define surgical procedures with the greatest risk for developing sepsis, and to evaluate …

Background: Developing a decision support system based on advances in machine learning
is one area for strategic innovation in healthcare. Predicting a patient's progression to septic …

Introduction: Multiple studies have used administrative datasets to examine the
epidemiology of sepsis in general, but the entity of postoperative sepsis has been studied …

To establish the concepts regarding health equity and health disparities, an assessment of
what is meant by both should be reviewed, especially as they apply to the acute, pathologic …

OBJECTIVE: This study was conducted to evaluate and compare the rates of postoperative
infectious complications and death after elective vascular surgery, define vascular …

Sepsis is a global public health concern. International data demonstrate that sepsis
contributes to more than 5 million deaths annually 1 and represents a significant financial …