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The golden hours of septic shock?

Author: Jeremy Bewley

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 1/2000

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Goal directed haemodynamic optimisation has been demonstrated to increase mortality when initiated on the intensive care unit (ICU). This study is original as it recruits patients particularly early, in the hospital emergency department before admission to the ICU. Secondly it uses central venous saturation as the resuscitation end point. …

Rivers E, Nguyen B, Havstad S, Ressler J, Muzzin A, Knoblich B, Peterson E, Tomlanovich M.: Early goal directed therapy in the treatment of severe sepsis and septic shock. N Engl J Med. 2001, 345: 1368-1377.PubMedCrossRef

Title: The golden hours of septic shock?
Author: Jeremy Bewley
Publication date: 01-03-2001
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Critical Care / Issue 1/2000
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/ccf-2001-73703

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