Study finds that 2 treatment strategies for severe sepsis show similar survival rates

Wednesday, February 24, 2010 - 08:00 in Health & Medicine

A comparison of two strategies for treating severe sepsis or septic shock finds that using lactate levels measured in blood samples showed a similar short-term survival rate compared to a treatment regimen using central venous oxygen saturation measured using a specialised catheter, according to a study in the February 24 issue of JAMA...

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