Impact of the diagnostic process on the accuracy of source identification and time to antibiotics in septic emergency department patients

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 212-219

  Uittenbogaard, Annemieke J M ^a   De Deckere, Ernie R J T ^b   Sandel, Maro H ^c   Vis, Alice ^b   Houser, Christine M ^d   De Groot, Bas ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

^c HAGA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

antibiotics; clinical assessment; emergency medical services; infectious diseases; sepsis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CATHETER INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISKITIS; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENINGITIS; PETECHIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOSEPSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SEPSIS; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; THERAPY DELAY; TIME TO TREATMENT; UROSEPSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHOCK, SEPTIC; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; SHOCK, SEPTIC; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84899944297     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e3283619231     Document Type: Article

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