[Correspondence] Use of prevalence data to study sepsis incidence and mortality in intensive care units

Flavia Machado and colleagues1 used a cross-sectional sampling design and a conversion formula to estimate the incidence of sepsis in Brazilian intensive care units (ICUs) and to examine factors associated with mortality. We would like to point out several important aspects regarding the conversion from prevalence to incidence and proportions, and how they can be addressed.

Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases - February 22, 2018 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Sam Doerken, Micha Mandel, Walter Zingg, Martin Wolkewitz Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research