Epidemiology of sepsis in cancer patients in Victoria, Australia: a population-based study using linked data.
CONCLUSIONS: Sepsis in patients with cancer has high mortality and occurs most frequently in the first year after cancer diagnosis. Implications for public health: The number of cancer patients diagnosed with sepsis is expected to increase, causing a substantial burden on patients and the healthcare system.
PMID: 31535416 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Te Marvelde L, Whitfield A, Shepheard J, Read C, Milne RL, Whitfield K Tags: Aust N Z J Public Health Source Type: research