The shock index as a predictor of vasopressor use in emergency department patients with severe sepsis

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 60-66

  Wira, Charles ^a,c   Francis, Melissa Wollan ^a   Bhat, Sundeep ^b   Ehrman, Robert ^a   Conner, David ^a   Siegel, Mark ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stanford Kaiser Emergency Medicine Program   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency Medicine; Sepsis; Shock

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERNET; PRIVACY; PROFESSIONALISM; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 84896725981     PISSN: 1936900X     EISSN: 19369018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2013.7.18472     Document Type: Article

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