Nursing considerations to complement the Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1800-1818

  Aitken, Leanne M ^a,b   Williams, Ged ^a,c   Harvey, Maurene ^d   Blot, Stijn ^e,f,g   Kleinpell, Ruth ^h   Labeau, Sonia ^f,g   Marshall, Andrea ⁱ   Ray Barruel, Gillian ^b   Moloney Harmon, Patricia A ^j   Robson, Wayne ^k   Johnson, Alexander P ^l   Lan, Pang Nguk ^m   Ahrens, Tom ⁿ  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c GOLD COAST HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^d Department of Critical Care ^*  (United States)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^f GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

^h RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^j SINAI HOSPITAL OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

^k NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^l Illinois State University and Carle BroMenn Medical Center Endowed Professor   (United States)

^m KK WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

ⁿ BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Author keywords

guidelines; nursing care; sepsis; septic shock; severe sepsis; Surviving Sepsis Campaign

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMRINONE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HYDROCORTISONE; MILRINONE; MINOCYCLINE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; NORADRENALIN;

ANALGESIA; ANTISEPSIS; ARTICLE; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; CYANIDE POISONING; DECUBITUS; DELPHI STUDY; DIET THERAPY; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EYE CARE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; HYPOTENSION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY PERFUSION; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MOUTH HYGIENE; NURSING CARE; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION PRESSURE; SEDATION; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SIDE EFFECT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL INFECTION; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TACHYCARDIA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TISSUE OXYGENATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VASODILATATION; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

EID: 79959643382     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31821867cc     Document Type: Article

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