Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on sepsis incidence, etiology and hospitalization costs in France: a retrospective observational study
The COVID-19 pandemic led to a higher burden of sepsis in French hospitals and an increase in hospital stay costs. Critically, our study highlights the need for introducing more explicit viral sepsis codes within the ICD classification system and for achieving a consensus on its definition in order to robustly estimate sepsis incidence.
Authors
- Christian Brun‐Buisson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-576X)
- Laurence Watier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4057-1102)
- Alexandre Elabbadi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1103-1040)
- Didier Guillemot (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8497-1765)
- Marie Al Rahmoun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1523-3320)
Institutions
- Inserm (FR)
- Institut Pasteur (FR)
- Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (FR)
- Université Paris Cité (FR)
- Université Paris-Saclay (FR)
- Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (FR)
- Centre de recherche en Epidémiologie et Santé des Populations (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-04-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-025-11000-7
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.06
Funders
- Ministère des Affaires Sociales et de la Santé