Effective antibiotic treatment prescribed by emergency physicians in patients admitted to the intensive care unit with severe sepsis or septic shock: Where is the gap?

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 573-580

  Capp, Roberta ^a,b   Chang, Yuchiao ^b,c   Brown, David F M ^b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

antibiotics; guidelines; septic shock; severe sepsis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

EID: 83655172780     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2010.10.024     Document Type: Article

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