Asthma Is Associated with a Lower Risk of Sepsis and Sepsis-related Mortality

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2017 Sep 15;196(6):787-790. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201608-1583LE.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Asthma / epidemiology*
  • Databases, Factual
  • Female
  • Hospital Costs
  • Hospital Mortality
  • Hospitalization
  • Humans
  • Intensive Care Units / economics
  • Length of Stay / economics
  • Length of Stay / statistics & numerical data
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Protective Factors
  • Risk Factors
  • Sepsis / economics
  • Sepsis / epidemiology*
  • Sepsis / mortality
  • Shock, Septic / economics
  • Shock, Septic / epidemiology
  • Shock, Septic / mortality
  • United States / epidemiology