Impact of the implementation of a sepsis protocol for the management of fluid-refractory septic shock: A single-center, before-and-after study

Clinical Therapeutics

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1285-1293

  Gurnani, Payal K ^a   Patel, Gourang P ^a   Crank, Christopher W ^a   Vais, Dana ^a   Lateef, Omar ^a   Akimov, Sergey ^a   Balk, Robert ^a   Simon, David ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Fluid refractory shock; Fluids; Protocol; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTILATOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CROSS INFECTION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESUSCITATION; SHOCK, SEPTIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955240418     PISSN: 01492918     EISSN: 1879114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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