Counterpoint: Adherence to Early Goal-Directed Therapy Gregory A. Schmidt, MD, FCCP CHEST Volume 138, Issue 3, Pages 480-483 (September 2010) DOI: 10.1378/chest.10-1400 Copyright © 2010 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 The APACHE II score and 28-day mortality are plotted for a number of sepsis trials, generally using data from the control arm. The regression line is shown, omitting the data point representing the EGDT trial. APACHE = Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; EGDT = early goal-directed therapy. CHEST 2010 138, 480-483DOI: (10.1378/chest.10-1400) Copyright © 2010 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions