Implementation of earlier antibiotic administration in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock in Japan: a descriptive analysis of a prospective observational study

Abstract Background Time to antibiotic administration is a key element in sepsis care; however, it is difficult to implement sepsis care bundles. Additionally, sepsis is different from other emergent conditions including acute coronary syndrome, stroke, or trauma. We aimed to describe the associatio...

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Published in:	Critical Care
Main Authors:	Toshikazu Abe, Shigeki Kushimoto, Yasuharu Tokuda, Gary S. Phillips, Andrew Rhodes, Takehiro Sugiyama, Akira Komori, Hiroki Iriyama, Hiroshi Ogura, Seitaro Fujishima, Atsushi Shiraishi, Daizoh Saitoh, Toshihiko Mayumi, Toshio Naito, Kiyotsugu Takuma, Taka-aki Nakada, Yasukazu Shiino, Takehiko Tarui, Toru Hifumi, Yasuhiro Otomo, Kohji Okamoto, Yutaka Umemura, Joji Kotani, Yuichiro Sakamoto, Junichi Sasaki, Shin-ichiro Shiraishi, Ryosuke Tsuruta, Akiyoshi Hagiwara, Kazuma Yamakawa, Tomohiko Masuno, Naoshi Takeyama, Norio Yamashita, Hiroto Ikeda, Masashi Ueyama, Satoshi Gando, on behalf of JAAM FORECAST group
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2019-11-01
Subjects:	Sepsis Antibiotic Bundle Protocols
Online Access:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13054-019-2644-x