A Randomized Trial of Protocol-Based Care for Early Septic Shock

Abstract

In a multicenter trial conducted in the tertiary care setting, protocol-based resuscitation of patients in whom septic shock was diagnosed in the emergency department did not improve outcomes. (Funded by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences; ProCESS ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00510835.).

Keywords

MedicineEarly goal-directed therapySeptic shockResuscitationProtocol (science)Surviving Sepsis CampaignSepsisRandomized controlled trialCentral venous catheterIntensive care medicineShock (circulatory)Emergency departmentEmergency medicineAnesthesiaSurgeryCatheterInternal medicineSevere sepsis

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Year: 2014
Type: article
Volume: 370
Issue: 18
Pages: 1683-1693
Citations: 2315
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                                    Donald M. Yealy, 
                                
                                    John A. Kellum, 
                                
                                    David T. Huang
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2014). 
                            A Randomized Trial of Protocol-Based Care for Early Septic Shock. 
                            New England Journal of Medicine
                            , 370
                            (18)
                            , 1683-1693.
                            https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa1401602
                        

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DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1401602