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Fig. 1 | Critical Care

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From: Trends in the incidence and outcome of sepsis using data from a Japanese nationwide medical claims database-the Japan Sepsis Alliance (JaSA) study group-

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Flow diagram of the study population. In total, 50,490,128 inpatients were enrolled in the study between 2010 and 2017. Of those, 4,590,265 patients underwent a blood culture test. Of these, 3,449,774 patients received antibiotic treatment for ≥ 4 days within ± 2 calendar days of the blood culture draw. Of these, 2,043,073 patients had acute organ dysfunction; these patients were analyzed as study subjects (sepsis)

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