Contrasting treatment and outcomes of septic shock: Presentation on hospital floors versus emergency department

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 3550-3553

  Wang, Zhen ^a   Schorr, Christa ^b   Hunter, Krystal ^b   Phillip Dellinger, R ^b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Mechanical ventilation; Mortality; Septic shock

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMONIA; SEPTIC SHOCK; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; TACHYCARDIA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SHOCK, SEPTIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650601529     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2010.24.009     Document Type: Article

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