Evaluation of the Benefits of De-Escalation for Patients with Sepsis in the Emergency Intensive Care Unit

• Main Authors: Takahiro Niimura (Author), Yoshito Zamami (Author), Toru Imai (Author), Kanako Nagao (Author), Masafumi Kayano (Author), Hidenori Sagara (Author), Mitsuhiro Goda (Author), Naoto Okada (Author), Masayuki Chuma (Author), Kenshi Takechi (Author), Masaki Imanishi (Author), Toshihiro Koyama (Author), Tadashi Koga (Author), Hironori Nakura (Author), Toshiaki Sendo (Author), Keisuke Ishizawa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Purpose. Although the 2016 Japanese guidelines for the management of sepsis recommend de-escalation of treatment after identification of the causative pathogen, adherence to this practice remain unknown. The objective of this study was to evaluate the benefits of de-escalating treatment for sepsis p...