Long-Term Survival of Young Patients Surviving ICU Admission With Severe Sepsis*

Objectives: Sepsis remains a disease with a high mortality rate. The study goal was to assess long-term survival of severe sepsis in young patients. Design: Retrospective cohort study. Setting: Patients admitted with sepsis to ICUs in seven tertiary hospitals between 2003 and 2011. Patients: A total of 409 patients less than 45 years who survived to hospital discharge were age and sex matched with 818 patients with infectious disease without sepsis selected from internal medicine or surgical department admissions. Interventions: None. Measurements and Main Results: The median age in sepsis patients and the comparison group was 31 and 32 years, respectively. The proportions of patients surviving after hospital discharge were significantly lower in the sepsis group compared with the control group; among survivors, 6-month, 1-year, and 3-year mortality rates were 0.7% versus 0%, 4.5% versus 0.7%, 7.9% versus 1.2%, and 10.8% versus 1.8%, respectively (p

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