Implementing Early Goal-directed Therapy in the Emergency Setting: The Challenges and Experiences of Translating Research Innovations into Clinical Reality in Academic and Community Settings

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1072-1078

  Jones, Alan E ^a   Shapiro, Nathan I ^a   Roshon, Michael ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

early goal directed resuscitation; knowledge translation; sepsis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESUSCITATION; SEPSIS;

EID: 35448999298     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2007.04.014     Document Type: Article

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