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ReviewCurrent infectious disease reports2016

Improving the Recognition of, and Response to In-Hospital Sepsis.

Peter Chan, Sandra Peake, Rinaldo Bellomo, Daryl Jones

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Review in Current infectious disease reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Peter ChanWestern Hospital-Footscray, 160 Gordon Street, Footscray, VIC, 3011, Australia.
Sandra PeakeDepartment of Intensive Care Medicine, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, 28 Woodville Rd, Woodville, SA, 5011, Australia.
Rinaldo BellomoAustin Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Studley Road, Heidelberg, VIC, 3084, Australia.
Daryl JonesIntensive Care Unit, Austin Hospital, Studley Road, Heidelberg, VIC, 3084, Australia. Daryl.Jones@austin.org.au.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sepsis is an important cause of patient morbidity and mortality worldwide. Although the associated mortality seems to be decreasing, approximately 20 % of patients with organ dysfunction die in hospital. Since 1991 diagnostic criteria for sepsis focused on the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS). However, the utility of such criteria has been questioned, and alternative criteria have recently been proposed. It is likely that administration of early appropriate antibiotics and resolution of shock reduce sepsis-associated mortality. Accordingly, strategies need to be developed to improve the early recognition of, and response to patients with sepsis. Such system approaches may include improved acquisition and documentation of vital signs, enhanced recognition of shock, and integration of laboratory and microbiological results using clinical informatics. Hospitals should have guidelines for escalating care of septic patients, antibiotics stewardship programs, and systems to audit morbidity and mortality associated with sepsis.

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Deteriorating patientEarly interventionRapid response teamSepsisSevere sepsis

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