Study: Most Sepsis-associated Deaths are Related to Severe Chronic Comorbidities and are Unlikely to be Preventable Through Better Hospital-based Care

Prevalence, Underlying Causes, and Preventability of Sepsis-Associated Mortality in US Acute Care Hospitals – JAMA Network Open (free)

Commentaries: A Closer Look at Sepsis-Associated Mortality – JAMA Network Open (free) AND Sepsis a leading cause of death in US hospitals but many deaths may not be preventable – Brigham and Women’s Hospital (free) AND More than 90% of sepsis deaths may be unpreventable, study concludes – PulmCCM (free)