Prolonged Emergency Department Stay, Specialist-visit Delay, and Disposition-decision Delay as System-level Risks for Preventable Sepsis Mortality

Key Points

• The study aims to identify system-level risks related to sepsis mortality, particularly focusing on delays in care.
• Analyzed emergency department (ED) patient data
• Assessed associations between ED length of stay and mortality
• Evaluated delays in specialist visits and decisions about patient disposition
• Total ED length of stay was not linked to increased mortality
• Delays in specialist visits correlated with higher mortality risk
• Disposition decision delays were also associated with increased risk of sepsis-related death