Hospital staff education on severe sepsis/septic shock and hospital mortality: An original hypothesis

BMC Anesthesiology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Capuzzo, Maurizia ^a   Rambaldi, Marco ^b   Pinelli, Giovanni ^b   Campesato, Manuela ^c   Pigna, Antonia ^c   Zanello, Marco ^d   Barbagallo, Maria ^e   Girardis, Massimo ^f   Toschi, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b Baggiovara Hospital   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d Unit of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHARLSON SCORE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; ITALY; LEARNING; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; SCORING SYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; STAFF TRAINING;

EID: 84869175984     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712253     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2253-12-28     Document Type: Article

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