Mapping geography of critical care training.

• Position: Sepsis - Brief article

A study from Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, III., examined the relation of death from sepsis by geographic region with the location of critical care fellowship training programs. The results give a visual illustration of the need for increased critical care training programs in underserved areas where sepsis mortality rates are high.

Using mortality data from the National Center for Health Statistics Compressed Mortality File, researchers were able to determine causes of all deaths in the U.S., as well as demographic data on each patient, and looked specifically at those deaths caused by sepsis. They then determined the locations of critical care fellowships through the National Residency Matching Program public data. By mapping these variables with Google fusion tables, the authors illustrate...