Does Early and Appropriate Antibiotic Administration Improve Mortality in Emergency Department Patients with Severe Sepsis or Septic Shock?

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
8719918	The Journal of Emergency Medicine	2017	8 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Patients with severe sepsis and septic shock should receive early and appropriate antibiotics in the emergency department. Patients with septic shock who received appropriate antimicrobial therapy within 1Â h of recognition had the greatest benefit in mortality.

Keywords

Antibiotic Sepsis Severe sepsis Systemic Septic shock Antimicrobial

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Health Sciences Medicine and Dentistry Emergency Medicine

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Does Early and Appropriate Antibiotic Administration Improve Mortality in Emergency Department Patients with Severe Sepsis or Septic Shock?

Authors

Robert MD, Michael E. MD, Gary M. MD, Gabriel MD, MPH,