Figure 1

Flow diagram of the 2268 patients with severe sepsis who formed the basis for the study and were identified among the 7719 patients included in the Outcomerea^® Database. Data are expressed as counts (number of episodes of severe sepsis (SS)) or percentages. Mortality is defined as death within 14 days after the diagnosis of severe sepsis. community-acquired infection = infection manifesting before or within 48 hours after hospital admission; hospital-acquired infection = infection manifesting at least 48 hours after hospital admission but before ICU admission; ICU = intensive care unit; ICU-acquired infection = infection manifesting at least 48 hours after ICU admission; N = number of patients (number of episode); Sepsis = SIRS with infection; SIRS = systemic inflammatory response syndrome. ✞ Mortality (percentage %).