tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: " Implementation of an evidence-based sepsis program in the intensive care unit: evident or not"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Implementation of an evidence-based sepsis program in the intensive care unit: evident or not? | Available online http content 13 5 193 Commentary Implementation of an evidence-based sepsis program in the intensive care unit evident or not Dominique M Vandijck 1 2 Stijn I Blot1 3 4 and Dirk P Vogelaers1 3 4 1 Department of General Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases Ghent University Hospital De Pintelaan 185 9000 Ghent Belgium 2Department of Public Health and Health Economics Ghent University De Pintelaan 185 9000 Ghent Belgium 3Department of Internal Medicine Ghent University De Pintelaan 185 9000 Ghent Belgium 4Department of Healthcare University College Ghent Keramiekstraat 85 9000 Ghent Belgium Corresponding author Dominique M Vandijckj See related research by Girardis et al. http content 13 5 R143 Published 7 October 2009 This article is online at http content 13 5 193 2009 BioMed Central Ltd Critical Care 2009 13 193 doi cc8056 Abstract Severe sepsis and septic shock are among the most serious health conditions and are associated with unwelcome clinical social and economic outcomes. With the introduction of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines the campaign leaders aimed to reduce mortality from severe sepsis by at least one quarter by 2009 by means of a six-point action plan namely building awareness among health care professionals improving early and accurate disease recognition and diagnosis increasing the use of appropriate treatments and interventions education getting better post-intensive care unit access and developing standard processes of care. However adherence to these recommendations is a first but crucial step in obtaining these goals. A comprehensive evaluation of both adherence to a sepsis program and whether this results in better outcomes for patients is therefore essential to guide informed decision-making regarding the implementation of such an evidence-based protocol. In the present issue of Critical Care Girardis and colleagues 1 provide a comprehensive