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ArticleSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2013

Implementation of modified early-goal directed therapy for sepsis in the emergency center of a comprehensive cancer center.

Katy M Hanzelka, Sai-Ching J Yeung, Gary Chisholm, Kelly Willis Merriman, Susan Gaeta, Imrana Malik, Terry W Rice

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Article in Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  4. Critically ill patients with cancer: A clinical perspective.World journal of clinical oncology · 2020
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  11. [Cancer patients in the intensive care unit. Goals of therapy, ethics, and palliation].Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin · 2013
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Authors and funding

7 authors.

Katy M HanzelkaDivision of Pharmacy, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA. khanzelka@mdanderson.org
Sai-Ching J Yeung
Gary Chisholm
Kelly Willis Merriman
Susan Gaeta
Imrana Malik
Terry W Rice

Funding

Tumor Evolution and Metastasis ProgramP30CA016672 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI Fabien Delerue · 1985 to 2026
$290.8M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe investigation examines the impact of a standardized sepsis order set and algorithm utilizing non-invasive monitoring for early-goal directed therapy (EGDT) in an emergency center setting on the clinical outcomes of sepsis in cancer patients.

methodsSingle-center, retrospective study comparing clinical outcomes of sepsis before and after routine usage of a standardized order set and algorithm for non-invasive elements of EGDT for sepsis in an emergency center of a comprehensive cancer center. The outcomes measures evaluated were 28-day in-hospital mortality, intensive care unit length of stay, hospital length of stay, goal mean arterial pressure and urine output within the first 6 h of treatment, time to measurement of lactic acid, and appropriateness and timeliness of initial antibiotic therapy.

resultsThe 28-day in-hospital mortality was significantly lower in the post-intervention group compared to the pre-intervention group (20 vs. 38%, p = 0.005). The percentages of patients who reached their goal mean arterial pressure (74 vs. 90%, p = 0.004) and goal urine output (79 vs. 96%, p = 0.002) during the first 6 h of treatment were higher the after than the before group. No significant differences were detected in the rest of the outcome measures.

conclusionsImplementation of a standardized sepsis order set and algorithm to improve compliance with the non-invasive elements of EGDT for sepsis in cancer patients in the emergency center setting was associated with a decreased 28-day in-hospital mortality rate.

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Outcome Assessment, Health CarePractice Guidelines as TopicAdultAgedAlgorithmsAnti-Bacterial AgentsBlood PressureCancer Care FacilitiesCohort StudiesEmergency Service, HospitalFemaleGuideline AdherenceHospital MortalityHumansIntensive Care UnitsLength of StayAnti-Bacterial Agents

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