Time-to-antibiotics and the outcome of patients with septic shock: A propensity score analysis

Current sepsis guidelines recommend administration of antibiotics within 1 hour of emergency department (ED) triage. However, the quality of the supporting evidence is moderate and studies have shown mixed results regarding the association between antibiotic administration timing and outcomes in septic shock. We investigated to evaluate the association between antibiotic administration timing and in-hospital mortality in septic shock patients in the ED, using propensity score analysis.

Source: The American Journal of Medicine - October 13, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Byuk Sung Ko, Sung-Hyuk Choi, Gu Hyun Kang, Tae Gun Shin, Kyuseok Kim, You Hwan Jo, Seung Mok Ryoo, Youn-Jung Kim, Yoo Seok Park, Woon Yong Kwon, Kap Su Han, Han Sung Choi, Sung Phil Chung, Gil Joon Suh, Hyunggoo Kang, Tae Ho Lim, Won Young Kim, for the K Tags: CLINICAL RESEARCH STUDY Source Type: research