Improving adherence to PALS septic shock guidelines

Pediatrics

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Paul, Raina ^a   Melendez, Elliot ^b   Stack, Anne ^b   Capraro, Andrew ^b   Monuteaux, Michael ^b   Neuman, Mark I ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence; Guidelines; PALS; Quality improvement; Sepsis; Septic shock; Severe sepsis

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DOPAMINE; NORADRENALIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PEDIATRIC ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RELIABILITY; SEPTIC SHOCK; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TIME TO TREATMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VASCULAR ACCESS; EARLY INTERVENTION; FLUID THERAPY; HOSPITAL; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INFUSION PUMP; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LONG TERM CARE; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; SEPSIS; SHOCK, SEPTIC; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BOSTON; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INSERVICE TRAINING; LENGTH OF STAY; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SEPSIS; SHOCK, SEPTIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

EID: 84899787911     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-3871     Document Type: Article

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