Time to Treatment and Mortality during Mandated Emergency Care for Sepsis

W. Seymour, Christopher; Gesten, Foster; C. Prescott, Hallie; Friedrich, Marcus; J. Iwashyna, Theodore; Phillips, Gary; Lemeshow, Stanley; M. Osborn, Tiffany; M. Terry, Kathleen; M. Levy, Mitchell

doi:10.1056/nejmoa1703058

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Time to Treatment and Mortality during Mandated Emergency Care for Sepsis

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • May 21, 2017

Authors:

Christopher W. Seymour

Foster Gesten

Hallie C. Prescott

Abstract

BACKGROUND: In 2013, New York began requiring hospitals to follow protocols for the early identification and treatment of sepsis. However, there is controversy about whether more rapid treatment of sepsis improves outcomes in patients. METHODS: We studied data from patients with sepsis and septic sh...

Subject

Medicine

Sepsis

Intensive care medicine

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