title: Are Early Antibiotics Important for Everyone?
abstract: Since the first edition of Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines, the administration of intravenous antibiotics in the first hours of sepsis is recommend. However, in the last ten years, several studies around importance of early antibiotics in emergency room or in intensive care unit produced disparate results. Therefore, is early administration of antibiotics a life-salver? In this article, we explore studies around this theme and some questions about what does "early antibiotics" mean are addressed.
authors.affiliation: Intensive Care Unit of Infectious Diseases Department, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Yeh-Li
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: Vivian Vieira Tenório
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Sales
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Joelsons
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D018805:Sepsis / Q000188:drug therapy; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents