Variability in management of early severe sepsis

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 110-115

  Reade, Michael C ^a,b   Huang, David T ^a   Bell, Derek ^c   Coats, Timothy J ^d   Cross, Anthony M ^e   Moran, John L ^b   Peake, Sandra L ^b   Singer, Mervyn ^f   Yealy, Donald M ^a   Angus, Derek C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society   (Australia)

^c Society for Acute Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^d 7 9 Bream's Buildings   (United Kingdom)

^e Australasian College for Emergency Medicine Melbourne   (Australia)

^f Intensive Care Society   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; LACTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEMATOCRIT; HOSPITAL; HYPOTENSION; INOTROPISM; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; NEW ZEALAND; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SEPSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AUSTRALASIA; CRITICAL CARE; DATA COLLECTION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEPSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 76749112851     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2008.070912     Document Type: Article

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