Critical care medicine
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Critical care medicine · Nov 2024
Observational StudyFrequency of and Risk Factors for Increased Healthcare Utilization After Pediatric Sepsis Hospitalization.
To determine the frequency of and risk factors for increased post-sepsis healthcare utilization compared with pre-sepsis healthcare utilization. ⋯ In this nationally representative cohort of children who survived sepsis hospitalization in the United States, nearly one in three had increased healthcare utilization in the 90 days after discharge. Children with hospitalizations longer than 30 days and complex chronic conditions were more likely to experience increased healthcare utilization.