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Published in: Intensive Care Medicine 11/2017

01-11-2017 | Editorial

Is it time to implement door-to-needle time for “infection attacks”?

Authors: Kevin B. Laupland, Ricard Ferrer

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 11/2017

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Despite decades of research investigation, efforts to increase awareness and quality improvement initiatives efforts, morbidity and mortality due to severe sepsis and septic shock remains unacceptably high [1]. There has been an extensive search for novel adjunctive therapies and treatment strategies not limited to an array of immune-modulatory agents, anti-coagulants, and supportive treatments involving glucose control, fluid therapy, and vasopressor, inotropic, and organ support [2]. While gains in general associated with the outcomes of critical illness have been achieved, improvement in outcomes associated specifically with severe sepsis and septic shock management in recent years has been at best modest. …
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Metadata
Title
Is it time to implement door-to-needle time for “infection attacks”?
Authors
Kevin B. Laupland
Ricard Ferrer
Publication date
01-11-2017
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 11/2017
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-017-4797-x

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