Journal article
Septic Shock — Evaluating Another Failed Treatment
The New England Journal of Medicine, Vol.366(22), pp.2122-2124
05/31/2012
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMe1203412
PMID: 22616829
Abstract
Sepsis, severe sepsis, and septic shock are progressively severe stages of the host's systemic inflammatory response to infection. 1 The latter stages carry increasing rates of end-organ failure and death. The spectrum of the sepsis syndrome remains a leading cause of death in the United States, and early intervention with appropriate antibiotics (matching the antibiogram susceptibilities to the drugs administered) saves lives. Specific to septic shock, a large retrospective cohort study involving 2731 adults in 14 critical care units showed an absolute decrease of 7.6 percentage points in the survival rate for each hour of delay in antimicrobial administration from the . . .
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Septic Shock — Evaluating Another Failed Treatment
- Creators
- Richard P WenzelMichael B Edmond
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The New England Journal of Medicine, Vol.366(22), pp.2122-2124
- Publisher
- Massachusetts Medical Society
- DOI
- 10.1056/NEJMe1203412
- PMID
- 22616829
- ISSN
- 0028-4793
- eISSN
- 1533-4406
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/31/2012
- Academic Unit
- Infectious Diseases; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9983905531602771
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