Early goal-directed therapy vs usual care in the treatment of severe sepsis and septic shock: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Internal and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 731-743

  Rusconi, Anna Maria ^a   Bossi, Ilaria ^a   Lampard, James Geoffrey ^b   Szava Kovats, Michael ^b   Bellone, Andrea ^a   Lang, Eddy ^b  

^a SANT ANNA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Early goal directed therapy; Meta analysis; Mortality; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PROCEDURES; RESUSCITATION; SHOCK, SEPTIC; STANDARDS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; RESUSCITATION; SHOCK, SEPTIC; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 84940723327     PISSN: 18280447     EISSN: 19709366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-015-1248-y     Document Type: Article

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