| Grant number: | 09/53227-7 |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Grants - Research in Public Policies for the National Health Care System (PP-SUS) |
| Start date: | July 01, 2010 |
| End date: | December 31, 2012 |
| Field of knowledge: | Health Sciences - Medicine |
| Agreement: | CNPq - PPSUS |
| Principal Investigator: | Flavia Ribeiro Machado |
| Grantee: | Flavia Ribeiro Machado |
| Host Institution: | Escola Paulista de Medicina (EPM). Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus São Paulo. São Paulo , SP, Brazil |
Abstract
Considering national data, Brazilian sepsis mortality rates are very high, mainly in public hospitals from the Unified Health System (SUS). This mortality rate is much higher than the reported world mortality. This justifies actions aiming to reduce such rates. Surviving Sepsis Campaign is an international initiative devoted to implement guidelines for clinical management of these patients. The objective of this study is to determine severe sepsis/septic shock prevalence and baseline mortality in nine public hospitals at São Paulo, as well as the baseline compliance to the guidelines of treatment, and to evaluate the impact of the implementation of an education program and standard operating procedure, based on SSC guidelines, in the treatment adequacy and mortality rates. The study will be divided in three phases with 24-months duration. Prevalence, compliance and mortality will be compared before and after the intervention. Positive results will demonstrate the efficacy of this strategy and can result in a model to be applied in other public Brazilian institutions. In this way, the present study can benefit patients treated in SUS, contributing to a reduction in Brazilian sepsis mortality rates. (AU)
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