The weekend effect for patients with sepsis presenting to the emergency department

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 641-648

  Powell, Emilie S ^a   Khare, Rahul K ^a   Courtney, D Mark ^a   Feinglass, Joe ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

health services research; mortality; outcome assessment; sepsis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEATH; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; WORK SCHEDULE;

HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFTER-HOURS CARE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEPSIS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886951368     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2013.04.042     Document Type: Article

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