Multifaceted interventions to decrease mortality in patients with severe sepsis/septic shock—a quality improvement project
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Multifaceted interventions to decrease mortality in patients with severe sepsis/septic shock—a quality improvement project
Despite knowledge that EGDT improves outcomes in septic patients, staff education on EGDT and compliance with the CPOE order set has been variable. Based on results of a resident survey to identify barriers to decrease severe sepsis/septic shock mortality in the medical intensive care unit (MICU), multifaceted interventions such as educational interventions to improve awareness to the importanc...
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عنوان ژورنال: PeerJ
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2167-8359
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.1290