Community-acquired pneumonia causes great mortality and morbidity and high costs
worldwide. Empirical selection of antibiotic treatment is the cornerstone of management of …

Aim The aim of this study was to examine the quality of manuscripts reporting sepsis health
care costs and to provide an overview of hospital-related expenditures for sepsis in adult …

Objective To identify research priorities in the management, epidemiology, outcome and
underlying causes of sepsis and septic shock. Design A consensus committee of 16 …

Background Several reports suggest that implementation of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign
(SSC) guidelines is associated with mortality reduction in sepsis. However, adherence to the …

Objectives This article systematically reviews research on the costs of sepsis and, as a
secondary aim, evaluates the quality of economic evaluations reported in peer-reviewed …

Purpose Guidelines recommend administering antibiotics within 1 h of sepsis recognition
but this recommendation remains untested by randomized trials. This trial was set up to …

Prior to 2001 there was no standard for early management of severe sepsis and septic
shock in the emergency department. In the presence of standard or usual care, the …

Rationale: The Sepsis-3 Task Force updated the clinical criteria for sepsis, excluding the
need for systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) criteria. The clinical implications …

An estimated 14.1 million patients survive sepsis each year. Many survivors experience poor
long-term outcomes, including new or worsened neuropsychological impairment; physical …

Purpose Detailed information on organization and process of care in intensive care units
(ICU) in emerging countries is scarce. Here, we investigated the impact of organizational …