Two-Year Mortality and Prognostic Factors in Sepsis: A Prospective Cohort Study of 714 Danish Emergency Department Patients.

Objective: Given the lack of data on long-term outcomes among patients with sepsis, this study aimed to examine all-cause 2-year mortality and factors associated with mortality in adults admitted to an emergency department with sepsis.

Study Design: Prospective cohort study.

Methods: This study included all emergency department patients admitted with sepsis to Slagelse Hospital, Denmark, between October 1, 2017, and March 31, 2018.

Predictors of outcomes in emergency department patients with suspected infections and without fulfillment of the sepsis criteria.

Background: Data on patient characteristics and determinants of serious outcomes for acutely admitted patients with infections who do not fulfill the sepsis criteria are sparse. The study aimed to characterize acutely admitted emergency department (ED) patients with infections and a composite outcome of in-hospital mortality or transfer to the intensive care unit without fulfilling the criteria for sepsis and to examine predictors of the composite outcome.

Methods: This was a secondary analysis of data from a prospective observational study of patients with suspected bacterial infection admitted to the ED between October 1, 2017 and March 31, 2018.