Collider Bias Rather Than a Healthy Condition Leads to the Unfavorable Outcome of Sepsis

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Center for Intelligent Healthcare, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
³ Department of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁴ Department of Emergency Medicine, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan. Electronic address: yochiahung@gmail.com.
⁵ Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA.

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Chien-Chang Lee et al. Chest. 2022 Jul.

. 2022 Jul;162(1):e63-e64.

doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2022.02.046.

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Center for Intelligent Healthcare, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan.
³ Department of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁴ Department of Emergency Medicine, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan. Electronic address: yochiahung@gmail.com.
⁵ Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA.

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Alrawashdeh M, Klompas M, Rhee C. Alrawashdeh M, et al. Chest. 2022 Jul;162(1):e64-e65. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2022.02.047. Chest. 2022. PMID: 35809957 No abstract available.

Prevalence and Outcomes of Previously Healthy Adults Among Patients Hospitalized With Community-Onset Sepsis.
Alrawashdeh M, Klompas M, Simpson SQ, Kadri SS, Poland R, Guy JS, Perlin JB, Rhee C; CDC Prevention Epicenters Program. Alrawashdeh M, et al. Chest. 2022 Jul;162(1):101-110. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2022.01.016. Epub 2022 Jan 20. Chest. 2022. PMID: 35065940 Free PMC article.