Table 1.

Data charting form

Author and date
Title of study
Publication
Country/region
Study setting
Study population (adult, pediatrics, neonatal, maternal or mixed)
Study design
Data source(s)	Database used for case numbers (e.g., prospective registry)
Definition of sepsis used or specifics with regards to case identification	Clinical definition used to identify cases of sepsis or administrative database codes (or combinations of codes) to identify cases of sepsis
Number of cases (sepsis/severe sepsis)
Calendar year
Study duration
Sepsis incidence/100,000 persons
Sepsis incidence/100,000 person years
Severe sepsis incidence/100,000 persons
Severe sepsis incidence/100,000 person years
Septic shock incidence/100,000 personsa
Septic shock incidence/100,000 person yearsa
Comment(s)

^aFor manuscripts published before the SEPSIS-3 definition