Performance of the Mortality in emergency department Sepsis score for predicting hospital mortality among patients with severe sepsis and septic shock

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 689-692

  Jones, Alan E ^a   Saak, Kristen ^a   Kline, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MORTALITY IN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT SEPSIS; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; VALIDITY;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SEPSIS; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

EID: 46149084656     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2008.01.009     Document Type: Article

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