Delayed Antibiotic Therapy and Organ Dysfunction in Critically Ill Septic Patients in the Emergency Department.
Sung Yeon HwangJikyoung ShinIk Joon JoJong Eun ParkHee YoonWon Chul ChaMin Seob SimTae-Gun ShinPublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2019)
The hourly delay of antibiotic therapy was associated with decreased platelet count and increased serum bilirubin concentration in critically ill septic patients during the first three days of ED admission.