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Monday 10 March 2014

Impact of compliance with infection management guidelines on outcome in patients with severe sepsis

Impact of compliance with infection management guidelines on outcome in patients with severe sepsis: A prospective observational multi-center study. Critical care, 2014 18: R42.

Bloos, F., et al.

http://ccforum.com/content/18/2/R42/abstract

Current sepsis guidelines recommend antimicrobial treatment (AT) within one hour after onset of sepsis-related organ dysfunction (OD) and surgical source control within 12 hours. The objective of this study was to explore the association between initial infection management according to sepsis treatment recommendations and patient outcome.

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