Pre-Referral Antibiotics and Mortality Among Adults With Sepsis in Southeast Asia: A Secondary Analysis of a Prospective Cohort Study
In rural Thailand, antibiotic administration prior to referral was associated with lower hazard of death in patients with septic shock. Our findings extend to a resource-limited setting evidence supporting the benefit of early antibiotic administration in septic patients with shock.
Authors
- Parinya Chamnan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5202-4149)
- T. Eoin West (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5503-7204)
- Shelton W. Wright (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1457-9821)
- Taylor D. Coston (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6155-4459)
- Kristina E. Rudd (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6695-8401)
- Viriya Hantrakun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6727-3404)
- Gumphol Wongsuvan
- Direk Limmathurotsakul
Institutions
- Chulalongkorn University (TH)
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- Mahidol University (TH)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Sappasithiprasong Hospital (TH)
- Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (TH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Critical Care Medicine
- Published
- 2025-11-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/ccm.0000000000006932
- Primary Topic
- Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00