Adoption of sepsis bundles in the emergency room and intensive care unit: A model for quality improvement

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1210-1212

  Thomas, Karl W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical care standards; Guideline adherence; Outcome and process assessment (health care); Quality improvement; Sepsis bundle; Sepsis mortality therapy

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOCK, SEPTIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34247105414     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000259491.88022.A4     Document Type: Editorial

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