The epidemiology of sepsis during rapid response team reviews in a teaching hospital

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 193-198

  Cross, G ^a   Bilgrami, I ^a   Eastwood, G ^b,c   Johnson, P ^d   Howden, B P ^d,e   Bellomo, R ^e   Jones, D ^e,f  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Deteriorating patient; Medical emergency team; Rapid response team; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERITONEAL CAVITY; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SEPSIS; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TEACHING HOSPITAL; URINARY TRACT; AUSTRALIA; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

EID: 84928273774     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: 14480271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x1504300208     Document Type: Article

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