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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 9.
Published in final edited form as: J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2012 Jun;72(6):1491–1501. doi: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318256e000

Figure 2. Mortality Rate for Severe Sepsis-Septic Shock and Trauma-The Methodist Hospital (TMH) Surviving Sepsis Campaign and the Glue Grant Experiences.

Figure 2

A. Yearly mortality rate (2006–2009) for patients treated for severe sepsis-septic shock in The Methodist Hospital SICU compared with Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) guideline-based performance improvement initiative and National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) data. In 2006 (before initiation of sepsis protocols), mortality rate in TMH SICU was 34%. In 2007 (as sepsis screening and our sepsis protocol were implemented using a paper protocol (PP)), mortality rate decreased to 24%. In 2008 (using the PP), mortality rate was 23%. In 2009 (with implementation of computerized sepsis protocol (CP)), mortality rate decreased to 14%. For comparison, 31% mortality rate was reported in the eighth quarter of the SSC PI initiative and 34% as reported in a recent NSQIP analysis. Reprinted with permission from Journal of Trauma98.

B. The overall mortality rate for blunt trauma from the Glue Grant study cohort decreased during the study period from 22% in the first two years to 11% in the last two years (p<0.01), as guidelines were implemented and compliance increased. Reprinted with permission from Annals of Surgery19.