Early Goal-Directed Therapy in Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock: A Meta-Analysis and Trial Sequential Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Journal of Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 296-309

  Lu, Yao ^a   Zhang, Han ^a   Teng, Fang ^a   Xia, Wen Jun ^a   Sun, Gui Xiang ^a   Wen, Ai Qing ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

early goal directed therapy; lactate clearance; meta analysis; mortality; septic shock; severe sepsis

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; INFUSION FLUID;

ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; DATA EXTRACTION; EARLY GOAL DIRECTED THERAPY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; LACTATE CLEARANCE GUIDED THERAPY; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESUSCITATION; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADULT; AGED; EARLY GOAL-DIRECTED THERAPY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; TIME TO TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; EARLY GOAL-DIRECTED THERAPY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESUSCITATION; SEPSIS; SHOCK, SEPTIC; TIME FACTORS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85045063160     PISSN: 08850666     EISSN: 15251489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0885066616671710     Document Type: Article

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