TY - JOUR AU - De Backer, Daniel AU - Kadou, Joe PY - 2017 TI - Early goal directed therapy: where do we stand after the individual patient’s meta-analysis? JF - Journal of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine; Vol 1 (November 2017): Journal of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Y2 - 2017 KW - N2 - In the recent years, the issue of early goal directed therapy (EGDT) has led to many debate. EGDT became popular after the Rivers’ trial (1). In that single center trial including 263 patients with septic shock, EGDT application in the emergency department (ED) resulted in an important decrease in 28-day mortality from 46.5% to 30.5% (P UR - https://jeccm.amegroups.org/article/view/3908