Comparative effectiveness of physician diagnosis and guideline definitions in identifying sepsis patients in the emergency department

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 71-77

  Brown, Tyler ^a   Ghelani Allen, Azmina ^a,b   Yeung, Denise ^a   Nguyen, H Bryant ^a,b  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative effectiveness; Definitions; Diagnosis; Sepsis; Septic shock; Severe sepsis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; FLANK PAIN; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN DIAGNOSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SEVERE SEPSIS; THORAX PAIN; AGED; BREATHING RATE; CONSENSUS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEART RATE; INTENSIVE CARE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; SHOCK, SEPTIC; STANDARDS;

ADULT; AGED; CONSENSUS; CRITICAL CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY RATE; SEPSIS; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

EID: 84920606395     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2014.08.009     Document Type: Article

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