Empiric antibiotic, mechanical ventilation, and central venous catheter duration as potential factors mediating the effect of a checklist prompting intervention on mortality: An exploratory analysis

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Weiss, Curtis H ^a   Persell, Stephen D ^a   Wunderink, Richard G ^a   Baker, David W ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Checklist; Critical care outcomes; Empiric antimicrobial agents; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CHECKLIST; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TEACHING ROUND; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; APACHE; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CHECKLIST; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TEACHING ROUNDS; TIME FACTORS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 84864762894     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-198     Document Type: Article

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