Factors associated with discharge and return visits of emergency department patients with a sepsis best practice alert

Background Best practice alerts (BPAs) used in emergency departments (EDs) to identify patients with possible sepsis lack specificity and some ED patients with sepsis BPAs are discharged. We evaluated factors associated with ED discharge following a sepsis BPA and with subsequent 7-day return admissions with sepsis or infection. Methods We conducted a retrospective cohort study using an electronic health record data query from five hospitals (2022-2024). Using logistic regression, we evaluated the association of participant demographics and clinical characteristics with ED discharge and factor

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