Timing of appropriate antibiotics in patients with septic shock: A retrospective cohort study

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 308-315

  Cullen, Martin ^a   Fogg, Toby ^b   Delaney, Anthony ^b,c  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibacterial agent; Sepsis; Septic shock

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM TERTIUM; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPTIC SHOCK; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; THERAPY DELAY; TIME; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANTIBACTERIAL AGENT; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOCK, SEPTIC; TIME FACTORS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT;

EID: 84881316671     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1742-6723.12100     Document Type: Article

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