Research Article

[Retracted] Knowledge of and Compliance with Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines among Anesthesiologists: A Nationwide Survey in China

Table 2

Anesthesiologists’ overall familiarity and compliance with the latest SSC guidelines in China.

Assessment itemsn (%)

Familiarity with SSC guidelines
 Very familiar72 (7.4%)
 Somewhat familiar307 (31.6%)
 General knowledge485 (50.0%)
 Don’t know107 (11.0%)
Compliance with SSC guidelines
 Always138 (14.2%)
 Usually386 (39.8%)
 Sometimes349 (35.9%)
 Never98 (10.1%)
Therapy strategy for septic shock
 EGDT198 (20.4%)
 Initial fluid resuscitation followed by frequent hemodynamic reassessment669 (68.9%)
 Empiric therapy104 (10.7%)
Whether fluids selection for sepsis shock is different from selective operation or not
 Yes871 (89.7%)
 No100 (10.3%)
Whether 2018 guidelines are suitable for the perioperative fluid therapy ranging from 1 (not suitable) to 5 (very suitable)
 17 (0.7%)
 239 (4.0%)
 3250 (25.8%)
 4392 (40.4%)
 5283 (29.2%)

All data were presented as absolute values and percentages of total number of responses from the Department of Anesthesiology. EGDT, early goal-directed therapy.