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Does each element of the sepsis resuscitation bundle equally improve patient outcome?

Authors: B Afessa, MT Keegan, GE Schramm, O Gajic

Published in: Critical Care | Special Issue 1/2011

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The Institute for Healthcare Improvement advocates the use of bundles to implement the sepsis guidelines. There are limited data addressing which elements improve survival [1]. We analyzed the data from a previous study to determine the independent impact of each element on patient outcome. We hypothesized that not all elements of the bundle have equal impact on outcome. …

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Title: Does each element of the sepsis resuscitation bundle equally improve patient outcome?
Authors: B Afessa
MT Keegan
GE Schramm
O Gajic
Publication date: 01-02-2011
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Critical Care / Issue Special Issue 1/2011
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/cc9706

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