Depressive symptoms in spouses of older patients with severe sepsis

Depressive symptoms in spouses of older patients with severe sepsis. Critical care medicine, August 2012, Vol. 40(8), p.2335-41.

Davydow, D., et al.

http://journals.lww.com/ccmjournal/Abstract/2012/08000/Depressive_symptoms_in_spouses_of_older_patients.10.aspx

Objective: To examine whether spouses of patients with severe sepsis are at increased risk for depression independent of the spouse’s presepsis history, whether this risk differs by sex, and is associated with a sepsis patient’s disability after hospitalization.