Implementation of early goal-directed therapy for severe sepsis and septic shock: A decision analysis

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2090-2100

  Huang, David T ^a   Clermont, Gilles ^a   Dremsizov, Tony T ^a   Angus, Derek C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Cost effectiveness analysis; Decision analysis; Early goal directed therapy; Health economics; Sepsis; Septic shock; Severe sepsis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SOCIETY; UNITED STATES;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; SHOCK, SEPTIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548294721     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000281636.82971.92     Document Type: Article

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