Fig 1.
Flow chart showing selection of severe infections, sepsis, and septic shock patients stratified for in-hospital survivors and non-survivors.
Fig 2.
Flow chart showing selection of patients for matched analyses, shown for in-hospital survivors and non-survivors.
Table 1.
Characteristics of patients with former septic shock, sepsis or severe infections without organ dysfunction each compared to matched controls.
Fig 3.
5-year survival of septic shock, sepsis and severe infections compared to matched pairs.
Shown are hospital survivors after suffering from septic shock (green), sepsis (red), or severe infections without organ dysfunction (blue) compared to matched patients with hospitalizations without infection. Kaplan-Meier estimates were used to calculate probabilities of 5-year survival based on the above-mentioned classification. 5-year survival was markedly and significantly decreased in patients having suffered from septic shock, sepsis, and severe infections.
Fig 4.
5-year survival of A) septic shock and sepsis and B) severe infections without organ dysfunction stratified for their discharge destination. Unmatched hospital survivors are included in analysis. Kaplan-Meier estimates were used to calculate probabilities of 5-year survival based on discharge to home or self-care, nursing care facility, rehabilitation facility, and other facilities. 5-year survival was significantly greater in patients transferred to rehabilitation facilities.
Table 2.
Characteristics of matched patients with sepsis and septic shock stratified according discharge destination after index admission.
Table 3.
Characteristics of matched patients with severe infections without organ dysfunction stratified according discharge destination after index admission.