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Annual incidence of sepsis in Dutch intensive care units based on survey prevalence |
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| Disorder |
National prevalence |
Di (days) |
Incidence/year1 |
Incidence/1,000 inhabitants |
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| Sepsis |
337 ± 23 |
12.7 ± 1.0 |
9726 ± 1008 |
0.60 ± 0.06 |
| Severe sepsis |
316 ± 23 |
13.3 ± 1.1 |
8643 ± 929 |
0.54 ± 0.06 |
| Septic shock |
125 ± 16 |
11.6 ± 1.5 |
3932 ± 710 |
0.24 ± 0.04 |
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Values are expressed as means ± standard error. 1Calculation according to Eqn 2 (see text). Di, duration of intensive care unit stay associated with disorder. | ||||
van Gestel et al. Critical Care 2004 8:R153 doi:10.1186/cc2858 |
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