Sepsis

is an emergency

100%

Survivors
in percent

80%

60%

40%

Adult
patients with
antibiotic
therapy

20%

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Time in hours till start of therapy

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is the critical determinant of survival in human septic shock. Crit Care Med, 34: 1589-1596, 2006.

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