Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open
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J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open · Jun 2020
Time to vasopressor initiation and organ failure progression in early septic shock.
Research evaluating the relationship between vasopressor initiation timing and clinical outcomes is limited and conflicting. We investigated the association between time to vasopressors, worsening organ failure, and mortality in patients with septic shock. ⋯ Increased time to vasopressor initiation is an independent predictor of worsening organ failure for patients with vasopressor initiation delays >20 hours.