The prevalence and diagnostic utility of systemic inflammatory response syndrome vital signs in a pediatric emergency department

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 381-389

  Scott, Halden F ^a   Deakyne, Sara J ^b   Woods, Jason M ^c   Bajaj, Lalit ^a  

^a University of Colorado Denver and Children s Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL COLORADO   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; BRADYCARDIA; BREATHING RATE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUID THERAPY; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; VITAL SIGN; BODY TEMPERATURE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HOSPITAL; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

EID: 84926662672     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12610     Document Type: Conference Paper

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