Epidemiology of the Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) in the Emergency Department

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 329-336

  Horeczko, Timothy ^a   Green, Jeffrey P ^b   Panacek, Edward A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency medicine; Healthcare; Public health; SIRS; SIRS epidemiology; Systemic inflammatory response syndrome; Triage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; VITAL SIGN; AGED; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SEPSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; BAYES THEOREM; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TRIAGE; UNITED STATES; VITAL SIGNS;

EID: 84899784011     PISSN: 1936900X     EISSN: 19369018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2013.9.18064     Document Type: Article

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