Intensive care medicine
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Intensive care medicine · Mar 2017
Practice GuidelineSurviving Sepsis Campaign: International Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock: 2016.
To provide an update to "Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock: 2012". ⋯ Substantial agreement exists among a large cohort of international experts regarding many strong recommendations for the best care of patients with sepsis. Although a significant number of aspects of care have relatively weak support, evidence-based recommendations regarding the acute management of sepsis and septic shock are the foundation of improved outcomes for these critically ill patients with high mortality.
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Intensive care medicine · Mar 2017
Multicenter StudyLate-onset moderate to severe acute respiratory distress syndrome is associated with shorter survival and higher mortality: a two-stage association study.
To evaluate the association between acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) onset time and prognosis. ⋯ Late-onset moderate to severe ARDS patients had both shorter survival time and higher mortality rate in 28-day and 60-day observations.