When Does a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Recommendation Become Standard of Care? Perhaps in the Courtroom. American College of Surgeons Mock Trial: Line Sepsis Liability

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 370-375

  Demetriades, Demetrios ^a   May, Addison ^b   Gamble, Hugh ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Delta Regional Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; POVIDONE IODINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL SCINTISCANNING; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CHOLEDOCHOJEJUNOSTOMY; COURT; FEVER; GASTROJEJUNOSTOMY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HEALTH CARE; LAWYER; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL LIABILITY; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PANCREATICOJEJUNOSTOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SURGEON; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38349139777     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.07.040     Document Type: Article

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