Duration of hypotension before initiation of effective antimicrobial therapy is the critical determinant of survival in human septic shock

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2006
Effective antimicrobial administration within the first hour of documented hypotension was associated with increased survival to hospital discharge in adult patients with septic shock. Despite a progressive increase in mortality rate with increasing delays, only 50% of septic shock patients received …
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Authors Kumar A;Roberts D;Wood KE;Light B;Parrillo JE;Sharma S;Suppes R;Feinstein D;Zanotti S;Taiberg L;Gurka D;Kumar A;Cheang M;;
Journal critical care medicine
Year 2006
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16625125
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National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine research support non-u.s. gov't adult female male middle aged united states / epidemiology Comparative Study Multicenter Study Retrospective Studies follow-up studies time factors odds ratio prevalence anti-infective agents / therapeutic use* shock septic / complications septic / mortality* survival rate / trends pmid:16625125 doi:10.1097/01.ccm.0000217961.75225.e9 anand kumar daniel roberts mary cheang hospital mortality / trends hypotension / epidemiology* hypotension / etiology manitoba / epidemiology patient discharge / statistics & numerical data patient discharge / trends septic / drug therapy

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