Implementation of a bundle of quality indicators for the early management of severe sepsis and septic shock is associated with decreased mortality*

Abstract

Implementation of a severe sepsis bundle using a quality improvement feedback to modify physician behavior in the emergency department setting was feasible and was associated with decreased in-hospital mortality.

Keywords

MedicineSeptic shockEmergency departmentSepsisEarly goal-directed therapySurviving Sepsis CampaignEmergency medicineShock (circulatory)Prospective cohort studyInternal medicineIntensive care medicineSevere sepsis

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Loma Linda University US

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Year: 2007
Type: article
Volume: 35
Issue: 4
Pages: 1105-1112
Citations: 557
Access: Closed

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                                    H. Bryant Nguyen, 
                                
                                    Stephen W. Corbett, 
                                
                                    R. Steele
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2007). 
                            Implementation of a bundle of quality indicators for the early management of severe sepsis and septic shock is associated with decreased mortality*. 
                            Critical Care Medicine
                            , 35
                            (4)
                            , 1105-1112.
                            https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ccm.0000259463.33848.3d
                        

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DOI: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000259463.33848.3d