Deniz Akyol, İlkin Çankayalı, Murat Ersel, Kubilay Demirağ, Mehmet Uyar, Özge Can, Enver Özçete, Funda Karbek-Akarca, Tahir Yağdı, Çağatay Engin, Erkin Özgiray, Taşkın Yurtseven, Burcu Yağmur, Sanem Nalbantgil, Pervin Ekren, Devrim Bozkurt, Hadiye Şirin, Feriha Çilli, Ebru Demirel Sezer, Meltem Taşbakan, Tansu Yamazhan, Hüsnü Pullukçu, Hilal Sipahi, Bilgin Arda, Sercan Ulusoy, Oğuz Reşat Sipahi
AIM: To evaluate the effect of timing of antimicrobial therapy on clinical progress of patients with septic shock. MATERIALS AND METHOD: We included 204 adult patients diagnosed with septic shock according to Sepsis-3 criteria between March 2016 and April 2021. One-month survival was evaluated using univariate and logistic regression analysis. RESULTS: Antibiotic treatment was initiated within 1 h of the vasopressors in 26.4 % of patients...
November 29, 2023: Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease