Positive predictive value of the AHRQ patient safety indicator "postoperative sepsis": Implications for practice and policy

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 212, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 954-961

  Cevasco, Marisa ^a,b   Borzecki, Ann M ^c,d,f   Chen, Qi ^a,c   Zrelak, Patricia A ^g   Shin, Marlena ^a   Romano, Patrick S ^g   Itani, Kamal M F ^a,d,e   Rosen, Amy K ^a,c  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL INDICATOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFECTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; PATIENT CODING; POSTOPERATIVE SEPSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS;

AGED; CLINICAL CODING; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SEPSIS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957581677     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2010.11.013     Document Type: Article

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