Implementation of a bundle of quality indicators for the early management of severe sepsis and septic shock is associated with decreased mortality.

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Published in Crit Care Med on April 01, 2007

Authors

H Bryant Nguyen1, Stephen W Corbett, Robert Steele, Jim Banta, Robin T Clark, Sean R Hayes, Jeremy Edwards, Thomas W Cho, William A Wittlake

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Emergency Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, USA. hbnguyen@llu.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Electronic Application of a Severe Sepsis Screening Tool and Management Bundle (eASSIST-M) | NCT01724463

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