Implementation of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines for severe sepsis and septic shock: We could go faster

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 455-460

  Zambon, Massimo ^a   Ceola, Marcello ^b   Almeida de Castro, Roberto ^a   Gullo, Antonino ^a   Vincent, Jean Louis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Intensive care unit; Sepsis bundle; Septic shock

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK;

AGED; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; SHOCK, SEPTIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 47849091932     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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