Shock index and early recognition of sepsis in the Emergency Department: Pilot study

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 168-174

  Berger, Tony ^a   Green, Jeffrey ^a   Horeczko, Timothy ^a   Hagar, Yolanda ^a   Garg, Nidhi ^b   Suarez, Alison ^b   Panacek, Edward ^a   Shapiro, Nathan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK HOSPITAL QUEENS   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERLACTATEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; SHOCK; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VITAL SIGN;

EID: 84879091612     PISSN: 1936900X     EISSN: 19369018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2012.8.11546     Document Type: Article

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