Comparison of Mortality Associated With Sepsis in the Burn, Trauma, and General Intensive Care Unit Patient

The purpose of this systematic review of the literature was to determine the association of sepsis with mortality in the severely injured adult patient by means of a comparative analysis of sepsis in burn and trauma injury with other critically ill populations. The MEDLINE (PubMed), Cochrane Library, and ProQuest databases were searched. The following keywords and MeSH headings were used: "sepsis," septicemia," "septic shock," "epidemiology,"...