Computer protocol facilitates evidence-based care of sepsis in the surgical intensive care unit

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1153-1167

  McKinley, Bruce A ^a,b,c   Moore, Laura J ^a,b   Sucher, Joseph F ^a,b   Todd, S Rob ^a,b   Turner, Krista L ^a,b   Valdivia, Alicia ^a,b   Sailors, R Matthew ^a,b   Moore, Frederick A ^a,b  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer protocol; Computerized protocol; Evidence based guidelines; Evidence based medicine; Sepsis; Septic shock; Severe sepsis; Surviving sepsis campaign

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CEFEPIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERTAPENEM; FLUCONAZOLE; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; METRONIDAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DECISION MAKING; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT PLANNING; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CRITICAL CARE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICENTERS; SURVIVAL RATE; TEXAS;

EID: 79955777609     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31821598e9     Document Type: Article

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