Association Between Race and Case Fatality Rate in Hospitalizations for Sepsis.

Background: Differentiating whether disparities in outcomes for sepsis among racial groups are due to differences in hospital care versus pre-hospitalization factors is an important step in developing effective strategies to reduce these disparities. As such, we examined the association between race and case fatality rates among hospitalizations for sepsis.

Methods: This was a case-control study of hospitalizations for sepsis in all acute-care, non-federal California hospitals during 2011.

Volume of fluids administered during resuscitation for severe sepsis and septic shock and the development of the acute respiratory distress syndrome.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the association between the volume of intravenous (IV) fluids administered in the resuscitative phase of severe sepsis and septic shock and the development of the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).

Materials And Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study of adult patients admitted with severe sepsis and septic shock at a large academic public hospital. The relationship between the volume of IV fluids administered and the development of ARDS was examined using multivariable logistic regression analysis.