TY - JOUR T1 - Early goal-directed therapy: can the emergency department deliver JF - Emergency Medicine Journal JO - Emerg Med J SP - 250 LP - 250 DO - 10.1136/emj.2010.100347 VL - 28 IS - 3 AU - Tim Nutbeam AU - Ron Daniels Y1 - 2011/03/01 UR - http://emj.bmj.com/content/28/3/250.1.abstract N2 - We read with interest the original article Early goal-directed therapy: can the emergency department deliver by Lyon et al.1 The authors identify elements of the ‘Early Goal Directed Therapy’ (EGDT) component of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign's ‘Resuscitation Bundle’, which emergency medicine (EM) registrars may fail to deliver due to lack of appropriate skills and the 4-h wait.A previous UK survey of EM and acute medicine consultants2 (n=234) yielded similar results: lactate measurement, central venous pressure (CVP) monitoring and inotrope administration present major barriers to implementation. Recognising poor compliance, … ER -