Sunnybrook: Medical Grand Rounds: Speed is Life: Improving Survival from Septic Shock by Optimizing Antimicrobial Use

MEDICAL GRAND ROUNDS

Wednesday, November 10, 2010
12:00 to 1:00 p.m.

Videoconferenced to R.S. McLaughlin Lecture Theatre, Room EG-61

Speed is Life:
Improving Survival from Septic Shock by Optimizing Antimicrobial Use

Dr. Anand Kumar

Objectives

1. To understand the importance of rapid pathogen clearance in optimizing outcome of septic shock.

2. To appreciate the impact on survival of any delays in effective antimicrobial therapy of septic shock.

3. To understand the cause of delays of appropriate antimicrobial therapy in septic shock.

4. To understand how alternate antimicrobial strategies may improve outcome in septic shock.

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