Among sepsis survivors, readmissions due to infections occur sooner and are associated with increased mortality

Conclusion(s): Among sepsis survivors, infections are associated with shorter time to hospital readmission and higher mortality vs non-infectious causes. Most of the infectious readmissions were due to pneumonia or UTI, which mirrored the index hospitalisations.
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