Antibiotic Delays and Feasibility of a 1-Hour-From-Triage Antibiotic Requirement: Analysis of an Emergency Department Sepsis Quality Improvement Database
Filbin MR, Thorsen JE, Zachary TM, Lynch JC, Matsushima M, Belsky JB, Heldt T, Reisner AT. Antibiotic Delays and Feasibility of a 1-Hour-From-Triage Antibiotic Requirement: Analysis of an Emergency Department Sepsis Quality Improvement Database. Annals Of Emergency Medicine 2019, 75: 93-99. PMID: 31561998, DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2019.07.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsQuality improvement interventionsHours of triageAntibiotic delaySeptic patientsImprovement interventionsAntibiotic requirementsLower Sequential Organ Failure Assessment scoresSequential Organ Failure Assessment scoreMedicaid Services Severe SepsisOrgan Failure Assessment scoreSurviving Sepsis Campaign recommendationsMost septic patientsOnset of hypoperfusionSurviving Sepsis CampaignAdult septic patientsQuality improvement databaseNational quality measuresMedicaid Services measuresTriage locationInfectious symptomsSevere sepsisChart reviewMost patientsSepsis CampaignPrimary outcome