The Surviving Sepsis Campaign: Results of an international guideline-based performance improvement program targeting severe sepsis*

Abstract

The Campaign was associated with sustained, continuous quality improvement in sepsis care. Although not necessarily cause and effect, a reduction in reported hospital mortality rates was associated with participation. The implications of this study may serve as an impetus for similar improvement efforts.

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MedicineSurviving Sepsis CampaignGuidelineSeptic shockOdds ratioConfidence intervalEmergency medicineEmergency departmentIntensive care unitSepsisIntensive care medicineInternal medicineSevere sepsisNursing

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Year: 2010
Type: article
Volume: 38
Issue: 2
Pages: 367-374
Citations: 943
Access: Closed

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                                    Mitchell M. Levy, 
                                
                                    R. Phillip Dellinger, 
                                
                                    Sean R. Townsend
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2010). 
                            The Surviving Sepsis Campaign: Results of an international guideline-based performance improvement program targeting severe sepsis*. 
                            Critical Care Medicine
                            , 38
                            (2)
                            , 367-374.
                            https://doi.org/10.1097/ccm.0b013e3181cb0cdc
                        

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DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0b013e3181cb0cdc