Practice and perception-A nationwide survey of therapy habits in sepsis

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2719-2725

  Brunkhorst, Frank M ^a   Engel, Christoph ^a,b   Ragaller, Max ^c   Welte, Tobias ^d   Rossaint, Rolf ^e   Gerlach, Herwig ^f   Mayer, Konstantin ^g   John, Stefan ^h   Stuber, Frank ⁱ   Weiler, Norbert ^j   Oppert, Michael ^k   Moerer, Onnen ^l   Bogatsch, Holger ^b   Reinhart, Konrad ^a   Loeffler, Markus ^b   Hartog, Christiane ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^d LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^f VIVANTES KLINIKUM NEUKÖLLN   (Germany)

^g JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^k CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Clinical practice; Medical audit; Questionnaires; Sepsis; Survey

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED PROTEIN C; DOPAMINE; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GERMANY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG VENTILATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; TIDAL VOLUME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; AGED; APACHE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; STANDARD; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; APACHE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BLOOD GLUCOSE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; SEPSIS; SHOCK, SEPTIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIDAL VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 54549084684     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318186b6f3     Document Type: Article

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