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OBJECTIVE:To determine the financial impact of a sepsis protocol designed for use in the emergency department. DESIGN:Retrospective analysis of a before-after study testing the implications of sepsis protocol. SETTING:Academic, tertiary care hospital in the United States. PATIENTS:Persons with septic shock presenting to the emergency department. INTERVENTIONS:A multifaceted protocol developed from recent scientific literature on sepsis and the Surviving Sepsis Campaign. The protocol emphasized identification of septic patients, aggressive fluid resuscitation, timely antibiotic administration, and appropriateness of antibiotics, along with other adjunctive, supportive measures in sepsis care. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS:We compared patients treated before the protocol with those cared for after the protocol was implemented. Overall hospital costs represented the primary end point, whereas hospital length of stay served as a secondary end point. All hospital costs were calculated based on charges after conversion to costs based on department-specific cost-to-charge ratios. We also attempted to measure the independent impact of the protocol on costs through linear regression. We conducted a sensitivity analysis assessing these end points in the subgroup of subjects who survived their hospitalization. The total cohort included 120 subjects (evenly divided into the before and after cohorts) with a mean age of 64.7 +/- 18.2 yrs and median Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II score of 22.5 +/- 8.3. There were more survivors following the protocol's adoption (70.0% vs. 51.7%, p = .040). Median total costs were significantly lower with use of the protocol ($16,103 vs. $21,985, p = .008). The length of stay was also on average 5 days less among the postintervention population (p = .023). A Cox proportional hazard model indicated that the protocol was independently associated with less per-patient cost. Restricting the analysis to only survivors did not appreciably change our observations. CONCLUSIONS:Use of a sepsis protocol can result not only in improved mortality but also in substantial savings for institutions and third party payers. Broader implementation of sepsis treatment protocols represents a potential means for enhancing resource use while containing costs.
journal_name
Crit Care Medjournal_title
Critical care medicineauthors
Shorr AF,Micek ST,Jackson WL Jr,Kollef MHdoi
10.1097/01.CCM.0000261886.65063.CCsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2007-05-01 00:00:00pages
1257-62issue
5eissn
0090-3493issn
1530-0293journal_volume
35pub_type
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journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/CCM.0000000000002804
更新日期:2018-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Previous studies have confirmed the improved tolerance of a peptide enteral compared to standard enteral alimentation in hypoalbuminemic, critically ill patients. Animal studies, including hypoproteinemic, volume-expanded rats, demonstrated that the protein hydrolysate of a peptide enteral formula was responsible for ...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-198907000-00012
更新日期:1989-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-199801000-00023
更新日期:1998-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/01.CCM.0000199991.15912.45
更新日期:2006-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-198907000-00016
更新日期:1989-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-198408000-00015
更新日期:1984-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1097/CCM.0000000000001024
更新日期:2015-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/01.CCM.0000256726.80998.BF
更新日期:2007-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1097/00003246-199110000-00005
更新日期:1991-10-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-198602000-00015
更新日期:1986-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181ec6731
更新日期:2010-09-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181de18bc
更新日期:2010-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-198206000-00005
更新日期:1982-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/CCM.0000000000003620
更新日期:2019-03-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/CCM.0000000000004642
更新日期:2020-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/CCM.0000000000003348
更新日期:2018-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the effect of a part-time rapid response system on the occurrence rate of cardiopulmonary arrest by comparing the times of rapid response system operation versus nonoperation. DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study. SETTING:A 1,360-bed tertiary care hospital. PATIENTS:Adult patients admitted to the...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/CCM.0000000000002314
更新日期:2017-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-198401000-00011
更新日期:1984-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181ce49cf
更新日期:2010-03-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1097/01.CCM.0000246014.19486.A1
更新日期:2006-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/CCM.0000000000002290
更新日期:2017-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1097/00003246-199905000-00021
更新日期:1999-05-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/01.CCM.0000084857.87446.DD
更新日期:2003-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/CCM.0b013e3182474ca7
更新日期:2012-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/01.ccm.0000156794.96880.df
更新日期:2005-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1994-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1097/00003246-199303000-00007
更新日期:1993-03-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-199403000-00009
更新日期:1994-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1097/CCM.0b013e318236f2af
更新日期:2012-03-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1097/01.CCM.0000295304.99946.58
更新日期:2008-01-01 00:00:00