Mortality Related to Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock Among Critically Ill Patients in Australia and New Zealand, 2000-2012

• Autores: Kirsi Maija Kaukonen, Michael Bailey, Satoshi Suzuki, David Pilcher, Rinaldo Bellomo
• Localización: JAMA: the journal of the American Medical Association, ISSN 0098-7484, Vol. 311, Nº. 13, 2014, págs. 1308-1316
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Importance Severe sepsis and septic shock are major causes of mortality in intensive care unit (ICU) patients. It is unknown whether progress has been made in decreasing their mortality rate.

    Objective To describe changes in mortality for severe sepsis with and without shock in ICU patients.