Did this patient have any comorbid conditions....severe sepsis could have influenced and ofcourse should be counted under sepsis only. Causes of sudden death after a severe illness could be umpteen...from PTE to several other causes. Happy 2014, Sunil Pandya On 27-Dec-2013 11:43 PM, "Hesham Hassaballa" < [email protected]> wrote:
> I have a question: > > A patient was admitted with septic shock, and we successfully treated > him and he survived to ICU discharge. Approximately 17 days later, he codes > and dies on the floor (unknown reason why) the day before he was slated to > be discharged from the hospital. > > Does this really count against our sepsis mortality? > > Hesham A. Hassaballa, MD > *Program Medical Director* > *Critical Care* > Rush-Copley Medical Center > > *Assistant Professor of Medicine* > Rush University Medical Center > > Phone: (331) 454-6572 > > ### CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE ### > This message and any included attachments are from Cogent HMG and are > intended only for the addressee. The contents in this message contain > confidential information belonging to the sender that is legally protected. > Unauthorized forwarding, printing, copying, distribution, or use of such > information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you are not the > addressee, please promptly delete this message and notify the sender of the > delivery error by e-mail or contact the Cogent HMG Privacy Officer at > [email protected]. > > ### CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE ### > > This message and any included attachments are from Cogent HMG and are > intended only for the addressee. The contents in this message contain > confidential information belonging to the sender that is legally protected. > Unauthorized forwarding, printing, copying, distribution, or use of such > information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you are not the > addressee, please promptly delete this message and notify the sender of the > delivery error by e-mail or contact the Cogent HMG Privacy Officer at > [email protected]. > > _______________________________________________ > Sepsisgroups mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sepsisgroups.org/listinfo.cgi/sepsisgroups-sepsisgroups.org > >
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