Epidemiology and prognostic factors in severe sepsis/septic shock. Evolution over six years.

Objective: To determine the clinical characteristics and prognostic factors of patients with severe sepsis/septic shock admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of Donostia University Hospital (Guipuzcoa, Spain).

Design: A prospective, observational study was carried out during a consecutive 6-year period (1st February 2008-31st December 2013).

Setting: The Intensive Care Unit of Donostia University Hospital, the only third level hospital in the province of Guipuzcoa, with a recruitment population of 700,000 inhabitants.

[Epidemiological profile of late mortality in severe polytraumatisms].

Objective: A study is made of the epidemiology, chronogramand causes of late mortality in traumatized patients.

Design: A prospective, observational cohort study of adult trauma patients was carried out.

Settings: Province of Guipúzcoa (Basque Country, Spain).