Decreasing time to antibiotics in febrile patients with central lines in the emergency department

Pediatrics

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2015, Pages e187-e195

  Jobson, Meghan ^a   Sandrof, Moses ^a   Valeriote, Timothy ^a   Liberty, Abigail Lees ^a   Walsh Kelly, Christine ^a   Jackson, Cheryl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILD; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; RACE DIFFERENCE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TIME TO TREATMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TURNAROUND TIME; UNITED STATES; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; COMPLICATION; EARLY INTERVENTION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; TIME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERS; CHILD; EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84920373828     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2014-1192     Document Type: Article

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