ArticleOpen medicine (Warsaw, Poland)2019
Epidemiological Characteristics of Postoperative Sepsis.
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- Postoperative sepsis-associated neurocognitive disorder: mechanisms, predictive strategies, and treatment approaches.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Review
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- Differences in Mortality and Sepsis-Associated Organ Dysfunction between Surgical and Non-Surgical Sepsis Patients.Biomedicines · 2023Article
- Detection of the Frail Elderly at Risk of Postoperative Sepsis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Comparative Effectiveness of Combined IgM-Enriched Immunoglobulin and Extracorporeal Blood Purification Plus Standard Care Versus Standard Care for Sepsis and Septic Shock after Cardiac Surgery.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2022Article
- Clinical characteristics and prognosis in patients with urosepsis from intensive care unit in Shanghai, China: a retrospective bi-centre study.BMC anesthesiology · 2021Article
- Bacterial translocation in patients undergoing major gastrointestinal surgery and its role in postoperative sepsis.World journal of gastrointestinal pathophysiology · 2021Article
- Increased mortality and altered local immune response in secondary peritonitis after previous visceral operations in mice.Scientific reports · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundPostoperative sepsis is a major type of sepsis. Sociodemographic characteristics, incidence trends, surgical procedures, comorbidities, and organ system dysfunctions related to the disease burden of postoperative sepsis episodes are unclear.
methodsWe analyzed epidemiological characteristics of postoperative sepsis based on the ICD-9-CM codes for the years 2002 to 2013 using the Longitudinal Health Insurance Databases of Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database.
resultsWe identified 5,221 patients with postoperative sepsis and 338,279 patients without postoperative sepsis. The incidence of postoperative sepsis increased annually with a crude mean of 0.06% for patients aged 45-64 and 0.34% over 65 years. Patients with postoperative sepsis indicated a high risk associated with the characteristics, male sex (OR:1.375), aged 45-64 or ≥ 65 years (OR:2.639 and 5.862), low income (OR:1.390), aged township (OR:1.269), agricultural town (OR:1.266), and remote township (OR:1.205). Splenic surgery (OR:7.723), Chronic renal disease (OR:1.733), cardiovascular dysfunction (OR:2.441), and organ system dysfunctions had the highest risk of postoperative sepsis.
conclusionRisk of postoperative sepsis was highest among men, older, and low income. Patients with splenic surgery, chronic renal comorbidity, and cardiovascular system dysfunction exhibited the highest risk for postoperative sepsis. The evaluation of high-risk factors assists in reducing the disease burden.
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