Pilot study comparing sepsis management with and without electronic clinical practice guidelines in an academic emergency department

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 698-708

  Bond, Christopher M ^a   Djogovic, Dennis ^a   Villa Roel, Cristina ^a   Bullard, Michael J ^a   Meurer, David P ^a   Rowe, Brian H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

clinical practice guidelines; critical care; Emergency Medicine; sepsis; septic shock; severe sepsis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; LACTIC ACID; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRONIC CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MCNEMAR TEST; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OVERALL SURVIVAL; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PILOT STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; STUDENT T TEST; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 84875368672     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2012.08.025     Document Type: Article

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