Identifying infected emergency department patients admitted to the hospital ward at risk of clinical deterioration and intensive care unit transfer

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1080-1085

  Kennedy, Maura ^a   Joyce, Nina ^b   Howell, Michael D ^a   Lawrence Mottley, J ^a   Shapiro, Nathan I ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

critical care, sepsis; emergency service, hospital; intensive care units; patient transfer; prognosis; risk assessment; triage

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CELLULITIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DETERIORATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SHOCK; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TACHYCARDIA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL UNITS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT SELECTION; PATIENT TRANSFER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78649480280     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00872.x     Document Type: Article

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