Septic shock and adequacy of early empiric antibiotics in the emergency department

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 601-607

  Flaherty, Sarah K ^a   Weber, Rachel L ^a   Chase, Maureen ^a   Dugas, Andrea F ^b   Graver, Amanda M ^a   Salciccioli, Justin D ^a   Cocchi, Michael N ^a   Donnino, Michael W ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

antibiotics; critical care; nosocomial; sepsis; urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPTIC SHOCK; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INTRAABDOMINAL INFECTIONS; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; SHOCK, SEPTIC; STANDARDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAABDOMINAL INFECTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOCK, SEPTIC; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84908304324     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2014.06.037     Document Type: Article

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