Multicenter implementation of a severe sepsis and septic shock treatment bundle

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 77-82

  Miller III, Russell R ^a,b   Dong, Li ^c   Nelson, Nancy C ^c   Brown, Samuel M ^a,b   Kuttler, Kathryn G ^c,d   Probst, Daniel R ^c   Allen, Todd L ^c   Clemmer, Terry P ^a,b  

^a Intermountain Healthcare   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^d Intermountain Healthcare   (United States)

Author keywords

Mortality; Outcome studies; Quality improvement; Septicemia

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; INOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; IDAHO; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESUSCITATION; SEPSIS; SHOCK, SEPTIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTAH;

EID: 84880168950     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201212-2199OC     Document Type: Article

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