“…Population-based national mortality registries have also shown supporting data, for instance Weng et al found that comorbidities increase mortality from sepsis, independent of other variables [24]. In addition, different studies have shown that kidney injury [25] and heart failure [14,26] are prominent factors independently associated with mortality in patients with sepsis. In our study, in agreement with these studies, the presence of chronic heart failure, cardiovascular failure, renal failure and the number of organ failures on the first day of admission were found to be associated with an elevated risk of mortality.…”