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01-02-2011 | Poster presentation
Long-term effects of an in-hospital program on sepsis management in the ICU
Authors:
E Ferrari, G Serafini, D Trevisan, L Donno, L Rinaldi, M Girardis
Published in:
Critical Care
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Special Issue 1/2011
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Excerpt
A hospital program named Sopravvivere alla Sepsi nel Policlinico di Modena
http://www.policlinico.mo.it started in 2005 with the main objective to improve the survival rate of septic patients by means of continuous education and implementation of a sepsis operative protocol including the activation of a specific consultation by an intensivist and an infectious disease specialist. The aim of this study was to evaluate the long-term effects of this in-hospital program on compliance to treatments indicated by the evidence-based guidelines and on outcome in patients admitted to the ICU with septic shock (SS). …