Time to Treatment and Mortality during Mandated Emergency Care for Sepsis

Abstract

More rapid completion of a 3-hour bundle of sepsis care and rapid administration of antibiotics, but not rapid completion of an initial bolus of intravenous fluids, were associated with lower risk-adjusted in-hospital mortality. (Funded by the National Institutes of Health and others.).

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MedicineSepsisIntensive care medicineSevere sepsisEmergency medicineIdentification (biology)Emergency departmentMEDLINEMedical emergencySeptic shockInternal medicineNursing

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Year: 2017
Type: article
Volume: 376
Issue: 23
Pages: 2235-2244
Citations: 2008
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                                    Christopher W. Seymour, 
                                
                                    Foster Gesten, 
                                
                                    Hallie C. Prescott
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2017). 
                            Time to Treatment and Mortality during Mandated Emergency Care for Sepsis. 
                            New England Journal of Medicine
                            , 376
                            (23)
                            , 2235-2244.
                            https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa1703058
                        

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DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1703058