Out-of-hospital characteristics and care of patients with severe sepsis: A cohort study

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 553-562

  Seymour, Christopher W ^a   Band, Roger A ^b   Cooke, Colin R ^a   Mikkelsen, Mark E ^b   Hylton, Julie ^b   Rea, Tom D ^c   Goss, Christopher H ^a   Gaieski, David F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medical services; Hypotension; Lactic acid; Multiple organ failure; Out of hospital; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

INFUSION FLUID; LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; GENDER; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART RATE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; INTUBATION; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGENATION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SEQUENTIAL ORGAN FAILURE ASSESSMENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TACHYPNEA; VITAL SIGN;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AGED; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

EID: 78649451533     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2010.02.010     Document Type: Article

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