Test characteristics of an automated age- and temperature-adjusted tachycardia alert in pediatric septic shock

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 889-894

  Cruz, Andrea T ^a   Williams, Eric A ^a   Graf, Jeanine M ^a   Perry, Andrew M ^a   Harbin, Devin E ^a   Wuestner, Elizabeth R ^b   Patel, Binita ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

best practice alert; sepsis; shock recognition

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BEST PRACTICE ALERT TRIAGE SYSTEM; CHILD; CLINICAL INDICATOR; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROENTERITIS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING STAFF; OTITIS MEDIA; PHYSICIAN; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESUSCITATION; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; TACHYCARDIA; TEMPERATURE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOCK, SEPTIC; TACHYCARDIA; TRIAGE;

EID: 84865861639     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e318267a78a     Document Type: Article

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