High Reliability Pediatric Septic Shock Quality Improvement Initiative and Decreasing Mortality
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Is the mortality rate for septic shock really decreasing?
PURPOSE OF REVIEW To critically examine the mortality rates of septic shock over the last 25 years to determine if significant improvements have been accomplished. RECENT FINDINGS A gradual and progressive improvement in mortality rates associated with septic shock has been realized over the few decades. These improvements in outcome are quantitatively small but significant and they primarily...
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عنوان ژورنال: PEDIATRICS
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0031-4005,1098-4275
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2015-4153