Suspicion and treatment of severe sepsis. An overview of the prehospital chain of care.
Journal article, 2012
Sepsis is a life-threatening condition where the risk of death has been reported to be even higher than that associated with the major complications of atherosclerosis, i.e. myocardial infarction and stroke. In all three conditions, early treatment could limit organ dysfunction and thereby improve the prognosis.
Author
Johan Herlitz
Angela Bång
Birgitta Wireklint-Sundström
Christer Axelsson
Anders Bremer
Magnus Hagiwara
Anders Jonsson
Lars Lundberg
Björn-Ove Suserud
Lars Ljungström
Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
17577241 (eISSN)
Vol. 20 42-Subject Categories
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems
DOI
10.1186/1757-7241-20-42
PubMed
22738027