The microcirculation is preserved in emergency department low-acuity sepsis patients without hypotension

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 154-162

  Filbin, Michael R ^a   Hou, Peter C ^b   Massey, Michael ^c   Barche, Apurv ^a   Kao, Erica ^b   Bracey, Alex ^c   Skibsted, Simon ^c   Chang, Yuchiao ^a   Shapiro, Nathan I ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION; LACTIC ACID; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ACUITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893907286     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12314     Document Type: Article

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