ED identification of patients with severe sepsis/septic shock decreases mortality in a community hospital

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1561-1566

  Bastani, Aveh ^a   Galens, Stephen ^a   Rocchini, Albert ^a   Walch, Rosemarie ^a   Shaqiri, Blerina ^a   Palomba, Kristen ^a   Milewski, Anne Marie ^a   Falzarano, Angela ^a   Loch, Denise ^a   Anderson, William ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTINGENCY TABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK;

EID: 84869467347     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2011.09.029     Document Type: Article

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