Implementation of a real-time computerized sepsis alert in nonintensive care unit patients

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 469-473

  Sawyer, Amber M ^a   Deal, Eli N ^a   Labelle, Andrew J ^b   Witt, Chad ^b   Thiel, Steven W ^b   Heard, Kevin ^a   Reichley, Richard M ^a   Micek, Scott T ^a   Kollef, Marin H ^b  

^a BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

prediction; sepsis; shock

Indexed keywords

HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; INFUSION FLUID;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED SEPSIS SCREENING AND ALERT SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; WARD;

EID: 79952166676     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318205df85     Document Type: Article

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