ED bedside point-of-care lactate in patients with suspected sepsis is associated with reduced time to iv fluids and mortality

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1120-1124

  Singer, Adam J ^a   Taylor, Maria ^a   LeBlanc, Debra ^a   Williams, Justin ^a   Thode, Henry C ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; INFUSION FLUID; LACTIC ACID;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SEQUENTIAL ORGAN FAILURE ASSESSMENT SCORE; TIME TO TREATMENT; TURNAROUND TIME; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FLUID THERAPY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; SEPSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84921625385     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2014.06.027     Document Type: Article

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