A systems approach to the early recognition and rapid administration of best practice therapy in sepsis and septic shock

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 301-307

  Funk, Duane ^a,b   Sebat, Frank ^c   Kumar, Anand ^a,b,d  

^a Section of Critical Care Medicine   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c Critical Care Medicine   (United States)

^d HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Medical emergency teams; Rapid response teams; Sepsis; Septic shock; Systemsbased medicine

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; TISSUE PERFUSION; WARD;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; SHOCK, SEPTIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 68949178454     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCC.0b013e32832e3825     Document Type: Review

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