Sex differences in sepsis hospitalisations and outcomes in older women and men: A prospective cohort study

Purpose: To examine the association of sex with hospitalisation due to sepsis and related outcomes. Methods: Prospective cohort study of 264,678 adults, average age 62.7 years at recruitment (2006 –2009) in Australia. Participants were followed for sepsis hospitalisation identified using the International Classification of Diseases coding. Outcomes included sexdifferences in the risk of an incident sepsis hospitalisation, mortality, length of ICU and hospital stay and readmissions during th e following year.
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