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Identifying High-Risk Subphenotypes and Associated Harms From Delayed Antibiotic Orders and Delivery.
Critical care medicine - 1 Oct 2021
Han Xuan, Spicer Alexandra, Carey Kyle A, Gilbert Emily R, Laiteerapong Neda, Shah Nirav S, Winslow Christopher, Afshar Majid, Kashiouris Markos G, Churpek Matthew M
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OBJECTIVES: Early antibiotic administration is a central component of sepsis guidelines, and delays may increase mortality. However, prior studies have examined the delay to first antibiotic administration as a single time period even though it contains two distinct processes: antibiotic ordering and antibiotic delivery, which can each be targeted for improvement through different interventions. The objective of...
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