Patients with sepsis present across a spectrum of infection sites and severity of illnesses
requiring complex decision making at the bedside as to when prompt antibiotics are …

This article is a brief overview of empiric antibiotic selection for sepsis and septic shock. The
article includes a differential diagnosis of the mimics of sepsis and stresses a strategy for …

Appropriate antibiotic therapy in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock should mean
prompt achievement and maintenance of optimal exposure at the infection site with broad …

Objective: In 2003, critical care and infectious disease experts representing 11 international
organizations developed management guidelines for antimicrobial therapy for patients with …

Sepsis is medicine's last remaining preserve for unrestrainedantibioticprescribing.
TheSurvivingSepsisCampaign guidelines recommend empirical broadspectrum therapy …

The selection of appropriate antimicrobial therapy for patients with sepsis is discussed.
Antimicrobial selection is based on the most likely source of infection, the most common …

Abstract The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock
Early Management Bundle (SEP-1) measure has appropriately established sepsis as a …

Empirical antimicrobial therapy of septic shock patients: Ad... : Critical Care Medicine Empirical
antimicrobial therapy of septic shock patients: Adequacy and impact on the outcome* : Critical …

Objective: To identify the determinants of hospital mortality among patients with septic shock
receiving appropriate initial antibiotic treatment. Design: A retrospective cohort study of …

Objectives: Compelling evidence has shown that aggressive resuscitation bundles,
adequate source control, appropriate antibiotic therapy, and organ support are cornerstone …