Sepsis and septic shock case identification from electronic health records: an open-source workflow and comparison of cohorts by criteria
Our open-source workflow is useful for individuals seeking to build and analyze sepsis and septic shock cohorts. Agreement between case criteria was fair to moderate. Clinicians, researchers, and quality improvement practitioners who identify patient cohorts with sepsis and septic shock retrospectively should consider applying multiple criteria.
Authors
- Sandra L. Kane‐Gill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7523-4846)
- Alex Milinovich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0585-1480)
- Vidula Vachharajani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0892-7084)
- Yasir Tarabichi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8577-5654)
- Jarrod E. Dalton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8336-1212)
- Lyla Mourany
- Paul R. Gunsalus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6976-9094)
- Xiaofeng Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8212-6931)
- Seth R. Bauer
Institutions
- MetroHealth (US)
- Cleveland Clinic (US)
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine (US)
- Case Western Reserve University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Critical Care
- Published
- 2025-12-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-025-05749-1
- Primary Topic
- Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00