Reduced mortality after the implementation of a protocol for the early detection of severe sepsis

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 76-81

  Westphal, Glauco A ^a,b   Koenig, Álvaro ^b   Filho, Milton Caldeira ^a   Feijó, Janaína ^a   de Oliveira, Louise Trindade ^a   Nunes, Fernanda ^a   Fujiwara, Kênia ^b   Martins, Sheila Fonseca ^a   Gonçalves, Anderson R Roman ^a  

^a Hospital Municipal Sao Jose   (Brazil)

^b Centro Hospitalar Unimed   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diagnosis, Hospital mortality; Outcomes; Septic shock; Severe sepsis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SEPSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79551508519     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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