Epidemiology and outcomes in patients with severe sepsis admitted to the hospital wards

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 78-84

  Whittaker, Stacey Ann ^a   Fuchs, Barry D ^a   Gaieski, David F ^b   Christie, Jason D ^a,b   Goyal, Munish ^c   Meyer, Nuala J ^a   Kean, Craig ^a   Small, Dylan S ^d   Bellamy, Scarlett L ^b   Mikkelsen, Mark E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ICU transfer; Infection; Mortality; Outcomes; Severe sepsis

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; APACHE; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; UNITED STATES; WARD; AGED; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; APACHE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT TRANSFER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84920645167     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2014.07.012     Document Type: Article

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