Early Goal-Directed Therapy for Sepsis: A Novel Solution for Discordant Survival Outcomes in Clinical Trials

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 607-614

  Kalil, Andre C ^a   Johnson, Daniel W ^b   Lisco, Steven J ^b   Sun, Junfeng ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

early goal directed therapy; sepsis; septic shock

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; LACTIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APACHE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EARLY GOAL DIRECTED THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEPTIC SHOCK; SEQUENTIAL ORGAN FAILURE ASSESSMENT SCORE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THERAPY; CARE BUNDLE; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTOR;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; APACHE; BAYES THEOREM; HUMANS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES AS TOPIC; PATIENT CARE BUNDLES; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85008613437     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000002235     Document Type: Article

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