The Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) and the emergency department

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 2-3

  Butler, John ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ACTIVATED PROTEIN C; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DROTRECOGIN; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; STEROID;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; BLOOD CULTURE; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CRYSTALLOID; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOVOLEMIA; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORTALITY; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK;

EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 38749121701     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2007.055251     Document Type: Note

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