Risk Stratification of the Potentially Septic Patient in the Emergency Department: The Mortality in the Emergency Department Sepsis (MEDS) Score

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 319-327

  Carpenter, Christopher R ^a,e   Keim, Samuel M ^b,e   Upadhye, Suneel ^c,e   Nguyen, H Bryant ^d,e  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine   (United States)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

clinical decision rules; evidence based medicine; sepsis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; PROCALCITONIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCITONIN; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EVIDENCE-BASED EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

EID: 70349101682     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2009.03.016     Document Type: Article

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