Validation of a screening tool for the early identification of sepsis

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1539-1546

  Moore, Laura J ^a,b   Jones, Stephen L ^a   Kreiner, Laura A ^c   McKinley, Bruce ^a   Sucher, Joseph F ^a   Todd, S Rob ^a,b   Turner, Krista L ^a,b   Valdivia, Alicia ^a   Moore, Frederick A ^a,b  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence based care; Sepsis; Sepsis protocol; Sepsis screening; Surgical sepsis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING RATE; CHILD; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NURSING STAFF; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SEPSIS; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VALIDATION STUDY; INTENSIVE CARE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67749088231     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181a3ac4b     Document Type: Article

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