Table 1.
Characteristics of Patients with Recurrent Sepsis Hospitalization
| Characteristics | Sepsis Readmissions N=137 |
No Readmission N=1116 |
Non-Sepsis Readmissions N=335 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, median (IQR) | 63 (52–71) | 61 (47–72) | 61 (50–70) |
| Race, N (%) | |||
| African American | 17 (12.6%) | 134 (12.0%) | 39 (11.6%) |
| Caucasian | 118 (86.1%) | 879 (78.8%) | 267 (79.8%) |
| Other | 2 (1.5%) | 103 (9.2%) | 29 (8.6%) |
| Male, N (%) | 78 (56.9%) | 613 (54.9%) | 170 (50.8%) |
| Married, N (%) | 72 (52.5%) | 533 (49.6%) | 172 (52.5%) |
| Charlson Index, Median (IQR) | 1 (0–3) | 1 (0–2) | 0 (1–3) |
| Congestive Heart Failure, N (%) | 30 (21.9%) | 171 (15.3%) | 57 (17.0%) |
| Diabetes, N(%) | 29 (21.7%) | 236 (21.1%) | 81 (24.2%) |
| Chronic Pulmonary Disease, N (%) | 29 (21.7%) | 238 (21.3%) | 83 (24.8%) |
| Metastatic Solid Malignancy, N (%) | 19 (13.9%) | 105 (9.4%) | 27 (8.6%) |
| Rheumatologic Disorder, N(%) | 11 (8.0%) | 60 (5.4%) | 18 (4.2%) |
| Liver Disease, N(%) | 8 (5.8%) | 75 (6.7%) | 28 (8.4%) |
| 90-Day Mortality, N (%) | 29 (21.2%) | 128 (11.5%) | 35 (10.5%) |
| Intensive Care Unit, N (%) | 49 (35.8%) | 413 (37.0%) | 130 (38.8%) |
| Mechanical Ventilation, N (%) | 25 (18.3%) | 206 (18.5%) | 67 (20.0%) |