Epidemiology of Severe Sepsis in Intensive Care Units in the Slovak Republic

Abstract

We estimate 1,770 cases of severe sepsis hospitalized at Slovak adult intensive care units per year. Hospital mortality for severe sepsis remains very high (51.2%) and is associated with advanced age (over 50 years), number of failing organs and higher admission and maximum SOFA scores.

Wyniki rejestru przypadków ciężkiej sepsy na oddziałach intensywnej terapii w Polsce w latach 2003−2009

“…The serious conditions on ICU admission were associated with hindered availability of intensive care stations (which is less than 20 stations per 100 hospital beds in Poland). A similar situation was observed in Slovakia [6].…”

Patient survival, predictive factors and disease course of severe sepsis in Czech intensive care units: A multicentre, retrospective, observational study

“…Until now, the only available results were those of the Slovak study by Zahorec et al from 2005, which monitored 121 patients with a reported mortality of 51.2% (ref. 25 ). The first descriptive data on epidemiology of sepsis/severe sepsis in patients in the Czech Republic was assembled in 2003 thanks to a prospective, multicenter, one-day observational questionnaire by Cerny et al, which included 327 patients from 53 ICUs.…”

The epidemiology of sepsis in a Brazilian teaching hospital

“…Median APACHE II score for all patients was 21 (13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28). Non-survivor patients had a median APACHE II score that was signifi cantly higher (27; …”

“…Among these 554 patients, we recorded sepsis in 30 (2.5%), severe sepsis in 269 (22.8%), and septic shock in 255 (21.6%) (Figure 1). The median APACHE II score was 13 (10-18) for patients without SIRS; 16 (11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23) …”