March 23, 2026 · Critical care medicine · DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000007105

Sepsis and Subsequent Psychiatric Morbidity: A Nationwide Population-Based Matched Cohort Study, 2008-2019

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The authors aimed to quantify the risk of developing psychiatric morbidity following community-acquired sepsis and to determine if new chronic diseases mediated this association. Their findings indicate that patients with sepsis experienced a significantly higher incidence of psychiatric events compared to matched controls, with the elevated risk persisting for at least five years. This suggests that sepsis may have lasting effects on mental health, highlighting the need for preventive strategies in this population.

Hanna Wetterberg, Anton Nilsson, Adam Linder, Maria Lengquist, Attila Frigyesi, Jonas Sundén-Cullberg, Malin Inghammar

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