Publications by authors named "Ronson Sl Lo"
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to determine how the timing of initial antibiotic treatment affects mortality rates in hospital patients with sepsis.
- It analyzed data from 42 studies involving nearly 191,000 patients, focusing on the correlation between antibiotic administration timing and patient outcomes.
- Results indicated that administering antibiotics within 3-6 hours of sepsis recognition significantly reduced the risk of death compared to later administration, highlighting the urgency of early treatment.
Objectives: Capillary blood lactate testing with handheld analysers has great advantages to reduce the time needed for clinical decisions, and for extended use in the prehospital setting. We investigated the agreement of capillary lactate measured using handheld analysers (CL-Nova and CL-Scout+ measured by Nova and Lactate Scout+ analyzers) and the reference venous level assessed using a point-of-care testing (POCT) blood gas analyser (VL-Ref).
Design: A prospective observational study.