Table 2. Previous Health Care Exposures Among Patients With Sepsis and Septic Shock.
Exposure | No. (%) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age group, y | Total | ||||
18-44 | 45-64 | 65-84 | ≥85 | ||
Patients, No. | 168 | 389 | 387 | 134 | 1078 |
Any health care exposure before hospital admissiona | 99 (58.9) | 220 (56.6) | 256 (66.1) | 79 (59.0) | 654 (60.7) |
Prehospital medical treatment 30 d before admission | |||||
Any treatment | 74 (44.0) | 153 (39.3) | 177 (45.7) | 43 (32.1) | 447 (41.5) |
Antimicrobial drugs | 60 (35.7) | 112 (28.8) | 119 (30.7) | 37 (27.6) | 328 (30.4) |
Chemotherapy | 7 (4.2) | 23 (5.9) | 22 (5.7) | 1 (0.7) | 53 (4.9) |
Wound care | 10 (6.0) | 24 (6.2) | 37 (9.6) | 4 (3.0) | 75 (7.0) |
Chronic dialysis | 11 (6.5) | 22 (5.7) | 19 (4.9) | 6 (4.5) | 58 (5.4) |
Surgery | 8 (4.8) | 13 (3.3) | 27 (7.0) | 6 (4.5) | 54 (5.0) |
Presence of medical device 30 d before admission | |||||
Any device | 42 (25.0) | 74 (19.0) | 90 (23.3) | 13 (9.7) | 219 (20.3) |
Urinary catheter | 17 (10.1) | 31 (8.0) | 45 (11.6) | 11 (8.2) | 104 (9.6) |
Central line | 30 (17.9) | 44 (11.3) | 48 (12.4) | 1 (0.7) | 123 (11.4) |
Mechanical ventilator | 6 (3.6) | 9 (2.3) | 8 (2.1) | 1 (0.7) | 24 (2.2) |
G-tube, J-tube, or PEG-tube | 10 (6.0) | 13 (3.3) | 9 (2.3) | 1 (0.7) | 33 (3.1) |
Tracheostomy | 6 (3.6) | 4 (1.0) | 7 (1.8) | 1 (0.7) | 18 (1.7) |
Outpatient medical encounter within 7 d of hospital admission | |||||
Any encounter | 43 (25.6) | 98 (25.2) | 92 (23.8) | 27 (20.1) | 260 (24.1) |
Medical or pediatric specialty | 12 (7.1) | 26 (6.7) | 31 (8.0) | 6 (4.5) | 75 (7.0) |
Emergency department or urgent care | 24 (14.3) | 34 (8.7) | 20 (5.2) | 2 (1.5) | 80 (7.4) |
Primary care | 4 (2.4) | 27 (6.9) | 21 (5.4) | 17 (12.7) | 69 (6.4) |
Stayed ≥2 d at health care facility in previous 30 d | |||||
Hospital | 41 (24.4) | 93 (23.9) | 97 (25.1) | 27 (20.1) | 258 (23.9) |
Nursing home | 5 (3.0) | 31 (8.0) | 70 (18.1) | 31 (23.1) | 137 (12.7) |
Inpatient rehabilitation | 3 (1.8) | 1 (0.3) | 1 (0.3) | 1 (0.7) | 6 (0.6) |
Other or unknown | 6 (3.6) | 21 (5.4) | 17 (4.4) | 7 (5.2) | 51 (4.7) |
Abbreviation: G-tube, gastrostomy tube; J-tube, jejunostomy tube; PEG-tube, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube.
Includes any medical treatment in the 30 days before hospital admission, the presence of a medical device in the 30 days before hospital admission, the occurrence of any outpatient medical encounter within 7 days of the sepsis diagnosis, and the occurrence of a stay of 2 or more days at a health care facility in the previous 30 days.