Initial, successful implementation of sepsis guidelines in an emergency department

Danish Medical Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Plambech, Morten Z ^a   Lurie, Andrew I ^a   Ipsen, Helle L ^a  

^a NYKØBING FALSTER HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; LACTIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CHECKLIST; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; TRAINING; DENMARK; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MALE; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DENMARK; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873140363     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22451919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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