The epidemiology of adults with severe sepsis and septic shock in Scottish emergency departments

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 397-401

  Gray, Alasdair ^a   Ward, Kirsty ^b   Lees, Fiona ^b   Dewar, Colin ^c   Dickie, Sarah ^d   McGuffie, Crawford ^d  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b INFORMATION SERVICES DIVISION   (United Kingdom)

^c VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d CROSSHOUSE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND; SEPSIS; SHOCK, SEPTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877316755     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2012-201361     Document Type: Article

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