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Immediate management

Authoring team

  • give 100% oxygen
  • take blood for culture if delay before admission
  • set up IV fluids rapidly
  • IV antibiotics may be given if blood culture taken

Reference

  1. Nguyen HB et al. Emergency Department Sepsis Education Program and Strategies to Improve Survival (ED-SEPSIS) Working Group. Severe sepsis and septic shock: review of the literature and emergency department management guidelines. Ann Emerg Med. 2006 Jul;48(1):28-54.

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