Compared with patients without sepsis, those with sepsis have higher mortality in the intensive care unit and have more pain, hospital readmissions, and functional decline within 2 years after discharge.

During the study, 74.7% of patients (859 of 1150; 242 with sepsis, 617 without sepsis) were discharged from the intensive care unit.

Compared with patients without sepsis, patients with sepsis had higher mortality during follow-up and were 1.34 times as likely to die.

A prospective cohort study was conducted in 2 intensive care units.

Patients who stayed in the intensive care unit longer than 24 hours were followed up for 2 years after discharge.

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