Sepsis Alerts in Emergency Departments Linked to Lower Mortality

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Sepsis alert systems used in emergency departments (EDs) were tied to better patient outcomes, including lower risk of death and shorter hospital stays, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis.

In the analysis, sepsis alert systems were associated with a 19% reduction in mortality (RR 0.81, 95% CI 0.71-0.91), reported Yeon Joo Lee, MD, of the Seoul National University Bundang Hospital in Seongnam, South Korea, and colleagues in JAMA Network Open.

Length of hospital stay was also shorter in EDs that used sepsis alert systems (standardized mean difference -0.15, 95% CI -0.20 to -0.1