Does adoption of a regional sepsis protocol reduce mortality?

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 280-281

  Durston, William ^a  

^a KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS;

CALIFORNIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84896736066     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2013.11.035     Document Type: Letter

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