An electronic warning system helps to reduce the time to diagnosis of sepsis

Introduction Reducing the time for the diagnosis of sepsis is a critical component to reduce the mortality rate related to severe sepsis and septic shock. With the reduction in sepsis diagnosis time, intrinsic variables of patients seem to gain more weight in the risk of death associated with severe...

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Published in:Critical care (London, England) England), 2015-01, Vol.19 (S2), p.P71-P71, Article P71
Main Authors: V Machado, Miriam Cristine, Koenig, Álvaro, Sperotto, Geonice, Westphal, Glauco A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antibiotics
Mortality
Poster Presentation
Sepsis
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Summary:Introduction Reducing the time for the diagnosis of sepsis is a critical component to reduce the mortality rate related to severe sepsis and septic shock. With the reduction in sepsis diagnosis time, intrinsic variables of patients seem to gain more weight in the risk of death associated with severe sepsis and septic shock.
ISSN:1364-8535
1364-8535
1366-609X
1466-609X
DOI:10.1186/cc14705