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      • Administer Low-Dose Steroids by a Standard Policy
      • Administer Recombinant Activated Protein C (rhAPC) by a Standard Policy
      • Apply Vasopressors for Ongoing Hypotension
      • Blood Cultures Obtained Prior to Antibiotic Administration
      • Improve Time to Broad-Spectrum Antibiotics
      • Maintain Adequate Central Venous Oxygen Saturation
      • Maintain Adequate Central Venous Pressure
      • Maintain Adequate Glycemic Control
      • Prevent Excessive Inspiratory Plateau Pressures
      • Serum Lactate Measured
      • Treat Hypotension and/or Elevated Lactate with Fluids
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Individual Changes

Individual Changes

Administer drotrecogin alfa (activated) by a standard policy

Administer low-dose steroids by a standard policy

Apply vasopressors for ongoing hypotension

Blood cultures obtained prior to anitbiotic administration

Improve time to broad-spectrum antibiotics

Maintain adequate central venous oxygen saturation

Maintain adequate central venous pressure

Maintain adequate glycemic control

Prevent excessive inspiratory plateau pressures

Serum lactate measured

Treat hypotension and/or elevated lactate with fluids


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