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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Crit Care. 2017 Jul 3;42:59–64. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2017.06.026

Table 1.

Characteristics and Outcomes of Sepsis Hospitalizations with Live Discharge

Patient and Hospitalization Characteristics Sepsis Hospitalizations (N=26,561)
 Age, median (IQR) 69 (61, 80)
 Race, N (%)
  African American 4,900 (18.5%)
  Caucasian 19,135 (72.0%)
  Other 366 (1.4%)
  Unknown 2,160 (8.1)
 Male, N (%) 25,710 (96.8%)
 Elixhauser Comorbidity Index, median (IQR) 6 (3, 11)
 Length of Stay, median (IQR) 7 (4, 13)
 Admitted to an Intensive Care Unit, N (%) 9,626 (36.2%)
 Used mechanical ventilation, N (%) 3,372 (12.7%)
Outcomes
 30-Day Readmission, N (%) 7,251 (27.3%)
 90-Day Readmission, N (%) 11,504 (43.3%)
 30-Day Mortality, N (%) 2,329 (8.8%)
 90-Day Mortality, N (%) 4,368 (16.5%)
 1-Year Mortality, N (%) 8,289 (31.2%)