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Published in: Critical Care 1/2015

Open Access 01-12-2015 | Poster presentation

ICU mortality rates in patients with sepsis before and after the Surviving Sepsis Campaign

Authors: J Melville, S Ranjan, P Morgan

Published in: Critical Care | Special Issue 1/2015

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The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of the Surviving Sepsis Campaigns on mortality rates, before and after the second surviving sepsis publication, and to assess whether patients with sepsis being admitted to the ICU had a lower APACHE II score on admission. Patients with sepsis, who require ICU care, have an extremely poor prognosis. It has been shown that the mortality rates range from 20.7% (severe sepsis) to 45.7% (septic shock) [1]. The surviving sepsis campaign was initiated in 2002. The first, second and third publications were published in 2004, 2008 and 2012 respectively [2]. …
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Title
ICU mortality rates in patients with sepsis before and after the Surviving Sepsis Campaign
Authors
J Melville
S Ranjan
P Morgan
Publication date
01-12-2015
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Critical Care / Issue Special Issue 1/2015
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/cc14095

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