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The Surviving Sepsis Campaign: Results of an international guideline-based performance improvement program targeting severe sepsis*
Critical Care Medicine · 2010 · Vol. 38(2) · pp. 367–374
Mitchell M. Levy✉(Brown University)R. Phillip DellingerSean R. TownsendWalter T. Linde‐ZwirbleJohn C. MarshallJulian BionChrista SchorrAntonio ArtigasGraham RamsayRichard BealeMargaret M. ParkerHerwig GerlachKonrad ReinhartEliézer SilvaMaurene A. HarveySusan ReganDerek C. Angus
Abstract
The Campaign was associated with sustained, continuous quality improvement in sepsis care. Although not necessarily cause and effect, a reduction in reported hospital mortality rates was associated with participation. The implications of this study may serve as an impetus for similar improvement efforts.
Sepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentClinical Reasoning and Diagnostic SkillsEmergency and Acute Care StudiesMedicineSurviving Sepsis CampaignGuidelineSeptic shockOdds ratioConfidence intervalEmergency medicineEmergency departmentIntensive care unitSepsis
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Health PromotionHumansMedical AuditShock, SepticConfidence IntervalsOdds RatioTreatment OutcomeHospital MortalityPractice Guidelines as TopicSepsisGuideline Adherence
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