Abstract:OBJECTIVES: Analyze a unique clinical and genealogical resource for evidence of familial clustering of sepsis to test for an inherited contribution to sepsis predisposition.DESIGN: Observational study.
SETTING:Veteran's Health Affairs (VHA) Genealogy/Phenotype resource, a U.S. genealogy database with veterans individually linked to VHA electronic health records.PATIENTS: Sepsis was identified using International Classification of Disease, 9th Edition and 10th Edition codes. There were two comparison groups: on… Show more
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