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- Title
A pilot study of prehospital antibiotics for severe sepsis.
- Authors
Cunningham, Cassidy T.; Sanseverino, Alexandra; Reznek, Martin; Borges, Eric; Beth Urhoy, Matthew; Gross, Karen; Broach, John P.; O'Connor, Laurel
- Abstract
The article focuses on the study of pilot study of prehospital antibiotics for severe sepsis. Topics discussed include Severe forms of sepsis are major contributors to morbidity and mortality worldwide, with mortality rates as high as 25%–60%; and Sepsis with hypotension and septic shock, which we define as sepsis with a systolic blood pressure ≤ 90 mm Hg that is refractory to an initial fluid bolus.
- Subjects
ANTIBIOTICS; PILOT projects; ACADEMIC medical centers; ACQUISITION of data methodology; SCIENTIFIC observation; RETROSPECTIVE studies; SEPSIS; MEDICAL records; HYPOTENSION; SEPTIC shock; LONGITUDINAL method
- Publication
Academic Emergency Medicine, 2022, Vol 29, Issue 2, p231
- ISSN
1069-6563
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/acem.14388