A prospective registry of emergency department patients admitted with infection

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Williams, Julian M ^a,b   Greenslade, Jaimi H ^a,b   McKenzie, Juliet V ^a,b   Chu, Kevin H ^a,b   Brown, Anthony F T ^a,b   Paterson, David ^b   Lipman, Jeffrey ^b  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DATA BASE; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DISEASE REGISTRY; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEQUENTIAL ORGAN FUNCTION ASSESSMENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; STATISTICS;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES;

EID: 78951474041     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-27     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Wang HE, Shapiro NI, Angus DC, Yealy DM. National estimates of severe sepsis in United States Emergency Departments. Crit Care Med 2007, 35:1928-1936. 10.1097/01.CCM.0000277043.85378.C1, 17581480.
2. Kumar A, Roberts D, Wood KE, Light B, Parillo JE, Sharma S, Suppes R, Feinstein D, Zanotti S, Taiberg L, Gurka D, Kumar A, Cheang M. Duration of hypotension before initiation of effective antimicrobial therapy is the critical determinant of survival in human septic shock. Crit Care Med 2006, 34(6):1589-96. 10.1097/01.CCM.0000217961.75225.E9, 16625125.
3. Vincent J-L. We should abandon randomised-controlled trials in the Intensive Care Unit. Crit Care Med 2010, 38([Suppl]):S534-S538. 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181f208ac, 21164394.
4. Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care. Operating Principles and Technical Standards for Australian Clinical Quality Registries. , http://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/internet/safety/publishing.nsf/Content/641B952DB30112F2CA257753001F16D1/$File/OP_TS-Nov2008.pdf
5. Foulkes MA, Eisenberg HM, Jane JA, Marmarou A, Marshall LF, . the Traumatic Coma Databank Research Group The Traumatic Coma Databank: design, methods, and baseline characteristics. J Neurosurg 1991, 75(Suppl):S8-13. the Traumatic Coma Databank Research Group.
6. Stow PJ, Hart GK, Higlett T, George C, Herkes R, McWilliam D, Bellomo R, . for the ANZICS database management committee Development and Implementation of a high-quality clinical database: the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Adult Patient Database. J Crit Care 2006, 21:133-41. 10.1016/j.jcrc.2005.11.010, 16769456, for the ANZICS database management committee.
7. Martin CM, Priestap F, Fisher H, Fowler RA, Heyland DK, Keenan SP, Longo CJ, Morrison T, Bentley D, Antman N, . for the STAR registry investigators A prospective observational registry of patients with severe sepsis: The Canadian Sepsis Treatment and Response Registry. Crit Care Med 2009, 37:81-88. 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31819285f0, 19050636, for the STAR registry investigators.
8. Shapiro NI, Wolfe RE, Moore RB, Smith E, Burdick E, Bates DW. Mortality in Emergency Department Sepsis (MEDS) score: A prospectively derived and validated clinical prediction rule. Crit Care Med 2003, 31:670-675. 10.1097/01.CCM.0000054867.01688.D1, 12626967.
9. Shapiro NI, Howell MD, Talmor D, Donnino M, Ngo L, Bates DW. Mortality in Emergency Department Sepsis (MEDS) score predicts one-year mortality. Crit Care Med 2007, 35:192-8. 10.1097/01.CCM.0000251508.12555.3E, 17110874.
10. Carpenter CR, Keim SM, Upadhye S, Nguyen HB, . Best Evidence in Emergency Medicine Investigator Group Risk stratification of the potentially septic patient in the Emergency Department: The Mortality in Emergency Department Sepsis (MEDS) score. J Emerg Med 2009, 37:319-327. 10.1016/j.jemermed.2009.03.016, 19427752, Best Evidence in Emergency Medicine Investigator Group.
11. Charlson ME, Pompei E, Ales KL, MacKenzie RC. A new method of classifying prognostic comorbidity in longitudinal studies: development and validation. J Chron Dis 1987, 40:373-383. 10.1016/0021-9681(87)90171-8, 3558716.
12. Murray SB, Bates DW, Ngo L, Ufberg JW, Shapiro NI. Charlson Index is associated with one-year mortality in Emergency Department patients with suspected infection. Acad Emerg Med 2006, 13:530-536. 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2006.tb01004.x, 16551775.
13. Shapiro NI, Howell MD, Bates DW, Angus DC, Ngo L, Talmor D. The association of sepsis syndrome and organ dysfunction with mortality in Emergency Department patients with suspected infection. Ann Emerg Med 2006, 48:583-590. 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.07.007, 17052559.
14. Seigel TA, Cocchi MN, Salciccioli J, Shapiro NI, Howell M, Donnino MW. Inadequacy of temperature and white blood cell count in predicting bacteremia in patients with suspected infection. J Emerg Med
15. Howell MD, Donnino MW, Talmor D, Clardy P, Ngo L, Shapiro NI. Performance of severity of illness scoring systems in Emergency Department patients with infection. Acad Emerg Med 2007, 14:709-714. 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2007.tb01866.x, 17576773.
16. Shapiro NI, Howell MD, Talmor D, Nathanson LA, Lisbon A, Wolfe RE, Weiss JW. Serum lactate as a predictor of mortality in Emergency Department patients with infection. Ann Emerg Med 2005, 45:524-528. 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2004.12.006, 15855951.
17. Howell MD, Donnino M, Clardy P, Talmor D, Shapiro NI. Occult hypoperfusion and mortality in patients with suspected infection. Intensive Care Med 2007, 33:1892-99. 10.1007/s00134-007-0680-5, 17618418.
18. Donnino MW, Cocchi MN, Howell M, Clardy P, Talmor D, Cataldo L, Chase M, Al-Marshad A, Ngo L, Shapiro NI. Statin therapy is associated with decreased mortality in patients with infection. Acad Emerg Med 2009, 16:230-234. 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2009.00350.x, 19281494.
19. Caterino JM, Kulchycki LK, Fischer CM, Wolfe RE, Shapiro NI. Risk factors for death in elderly emergency department patients with suspected infection. J Am Geriatr Soc 2009, 57:1184-1190. 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02320.x, 19558478.
20. Fischer CM, Kiichiro Y, Aird WC, Shapiro NI. Abnormal coagulation tests obtained in the Emergency Department are associated with mortality in patients with suspected infection. J Emerg Med
21. Kennedy M, Joyce N, Howell MD, Mottley JL, Shapiro NI. Identifying infected Emergency Department patients at risk of clinical deterioration and Intensive Care Unit transfer. Acad Emerg Med 2010, 17:1080-1085. 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00872.x, 21040109.
22. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. The AIHW National Mortality Database. , http://www.aihw.gov.au/mortality/mortality_database.cfm
23. Lee CC, Chen SY, Tsai CL, Wu SC, Chiang WC, Wang JL, Sun HY, Chen SC, Chen WJ, Hsueh PR. Prognostic value of Mortality in Emergency Department Sepsis score, procalcitonin, and C-reactive protein in patients with sepsis at the Emergency Department. Shock 2008, 29:322-327.
24. Le Gall J-R, Lemeshow S, Saulnier F. A new simplified acute physiology score (SAPS II) based on a European/North American multicenter study. JAMA 1993, 270:2957-2963. 10.1001/jama.270.24.2957, 8254858.
25. Nguyen HB, Rivers EP, Havstad S, Knoblich B, Ressler JA, Muzzin AM, Tomlanovich MC. Critical care in the Emergency Department: A physiological assessment and outcome evaluation. Acad Emerg Med 2000, 7:1354-1361. 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2000.tb00492.x, 11099425.
26. Nguyen HB, Banta JE, Cho TW, Van Ginkel C, Burroughs K, Wittlake WA, Corbett SW. Mortality predictions using current physiological scoring systems in patients meeting criteria for early goal-directed therapy and the severe sepsis resuscitation bundle. Shock 2008, 30:23-28. 10.1097/SHK.0b013e3181673826, 18323748.
27. Vincent J-L, Moreno R, Takala J, Willatts S, De Mendonca A, Bruining H, Reinhart CK, Suter PM, Thijs LG. The Sepsis-related Organ Function Assessment (SOFA) score to describe organ dysfunction/failure. Intensive Care Med 1996, 22:707-710. 10.1007/BF01709751, 8844239.
28. Dellinger RP, Levy MM, Carlet JM, Bion J, Parker MM, Jaeschke R, Reinhart K, Angus DC, Brun-Buisson C, Beale R, Calandra T, Dhainaut J-F, Gerlach H, Harvey M, Marini J, Marshall J, Ranieri M, Ramsay G, Sevransky J, Thompson B, Townsend S, Vender J, Zimmerman J, Vincent J-L, . for the International Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines Committee Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International guidelines for management of severe sepsis and sptic shock: 2008. Crit Care Med 2008, 36:296-327. 10.1097/01.CCM.0000298158.12101.41, 18158437, for the International Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines Committee.