Hong Kong Med J 2024;30(Suppl 5):S36-9
Incidence and mortality of sepsis in Hong Kong between 2009 and 2018 based on electronic health records: abridged secondary publication
L Ling1, JZ Zhang1, LC Chang1, LCS Chiu1, S Ho1, PY Ng2,3, M Dharmangadan4, CH Lau5, S Ling6, MY Man7, KM Fong8, T Liong9, AWT Yeung10, GKF Au11, JKH Chan12, M Tang13, YZ Liu1, WKK Wu1,14,15,16,17, WT Wong1, P Wu18,19, BJ Cowling18,19, A Lee1, C Rhee20,21
1 Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
2 Critical Care Medicine Unit, School of Clinical Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
3 Department of Adult Intensive Care, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China
4 Department of Intensive Care, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China
5 Department of Intensive Care, North District Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China
6 Department of Intensive Care, Tuen Mun Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China
7 Department of Intensive Care, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China
8 Department of Intensive Care, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China
9 Department of Intensive Care, United Christian Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China
10 Department of Medicine & Geriatrics, Ruttonjee and Tang Shiu Kin Hospitals, Hong Kong SAR, China
11 Department of Intensive Care, Kwong Wah Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China
12 Department of Medicine, Tseung Kwan O Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China
13 Department of Medicine and Geriatrics, Caritas Medical Centre, Hong Kong SAR, China
14 State Key Laboratory of Digestive Diseases, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
15 Institute of Digestive Disease, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
16 CUHK Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, China
17 Peter Hung Pain Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
18 WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
19 Laboratory of Data Discovery for Health Limited, Hong Kong Science and Technology Park, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China
20 Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School/Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA, United States
21 Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
 
 
  1. Sepsis causes one in four deaths among adults in Hong Kong and affects eight in 1000 adults annually.
  2. The incidence and mortality rate of sepsis in Hong Kong increased from 2009 to 2018. The mortality rate reached 47% among patients with sepsis complicated by multiorgan failure.
  3. Objective clinical data from electronic health records provide more accurate sepsis surveillance compared with administrative coding.