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ArticleJournal of epidemiology and global health2020

Does Being Transported by Emergency Medical Services Improve Compliance with the Surviving Sepsis Bundle and Mortality Rate? A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Faisal Alhusain, Hanin Alsuwailem, Alanoud Aldrees, Ahad Bugis, Sarah Alzuhairi, Sami Alsulami, Yaseen Arabi, Nawfal Aljerian

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Article in Journal of epidemiology and global health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Faisal AlhusainCollege of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Hanin AlsuwailemCollege of Medicine, Riyadh Elm University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Alanoud AldreesCollege of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Ahad BugisCollege of Medicine, Riyadh Elm University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Sarah AlzuhairiCollege of Medicine, Riyadh Elm University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Sami AlsulamiKing Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Yaseen ArabiKing Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Nawfal AljerianKing Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Dar Al Uloom University · SAKing Abdullah International Medical Research Center · SAKing Abdulaziz Medical City · SAKing Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences · SA

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Abstract

backgroundThis study aimed to investigate the relationship between patients with severe sepsis or septic shock being transported to the Emergency Department (ED) by Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and the compliance with the 3-h sepsis resuscitation bundle [Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC)], and to compare the management and laboratory results of patients transported by EMS or non-EMS transport.

methodsA retrospective cohort study was conducted using data from a quality-improvement project at King Abdulaziz Medical City in Riyadh. The data for patients who presented to ED with sepsis (severe sepsis or septic shock) was categorized as being transported with EMS or non-EMS. The two groups were compared in terms of compliance with the SSC bundle and 30-day mortality.

resultsIn a sample of 436 patients with severe sepsis or septic shock presented at the ED during the study period, EMS transported almost one-third of the patients (134, 31%) and 302 patients (69%) used non-EMS transport. For the EMS group, adherence to intravenous fluid was 91.4% compared with 87% for the non-EMS group (

conclusionWhether transported with or without EMS did not result in a statistically significant difference in patients presenting with sepsis, in terms of the adherence to the SSC bundle elements or the 30-day hospital mortality rate. The only statistically significant difference was the time to lactate measurement.

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Emergency Medical ServicesGuideline AdherenceSepsisTransportation of PatientsHumansRetrospective StudiesSaudi ArabiaAcute carebasic ambulance careclinical managementcritical care transportemergency departmentprehospital care

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PMID32959607
PMCPMC7758847
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