Comparing mortality between positive and negative blood culture results: an inverse probability of treatment weighting analysis of a multicenter cohort
Journal
BMC infectious diseases
Journal Volume
21
Journal Issue
1
Date Issued
2021-02-17
Author(s)
Liu, Aibo
Yo, Chia-Hung
Nie, Lu
Yu, Hua
Wu, Kuihai
Tong, Hoi Sin
Hsu, Tzu-Chun
Hsu, Wan-Ting
Abstract
The association between blood culture status and mortality among sepsis patients remains controversial hence we conducted a tri-center retrospective cohort study to compare the early and late mortality of culture-negative versus culture-positive sepsis using the inverse probability of treatment weighting (IPTW) method.
Subjects
Inverse probability of treatment weighting; Mortality; Sepsis; Staphylococcus aureus
SDGs
Other Subjects
procalcitonin; procalcitonin; adult; aged; Article; blood culture; clinical outcome; cohort analysis; comparative study; diabetes mellitus; emergency ward; female; hepatitis; hospital discharge; human; major clinical study; male; mortality rate; multicenter study (topic); null result; propensity score; retrospective study; sepsis; septic shock; staphylococcal bacteremia; statistically significant result; systemic inflammatory response syndrome; urinary tract infection; bacteremia; blood culture; hospital emergency service; Kaplan Meier method; microbiology; middle aged; mortality; odds ratio; procedures; sepsis; Aged; Bacteremia; Blood Culture; Emergency Service, Hospital; Female; Humans; Kaplan-Meier Estimate; Male; Middle Aged; Odds Ratio; Procalcitonin; Retrospective Studies; Sepsis; Shock, Septic
Type
journal article