Readmission rates above average for survivors of septic shock
Thursday, November 6, 2014 - 04:32
in Health & Medicine
A diagnosis of septic shock was once a near death sentence. At best, survivors suffered a substantially reduced quality of life. Researchers have now shown that while most patients now survive a hospital stay for septic shock, 23 percent will return to the hospital within 30 days, many with another life-threatening condition -- a rate substantially higher than the normal readmission rate at a large academic medical center.