“…Ten articles were excluded (two articles had no outcome of interest, while eight articles did not relate to a study in the subjects of interest). Data was extracted from six cohort studies (five retrospective cohort studies (5,13,14,19,20) and one prospective cohort study (4)) involving 1,264 patients (507 had SIRS), and four cohort studies (all retrospective cohort studies (3,14,21,22)) involving 57,529 patients (1,449 had sepsis). There were two studies assessing the mortality comparing AH patients with SIRS versus sepsis involving 527 patients (all retrospective cohort studies (5,13)).…”