INITIAT-E.D.: Impact of timing of INITIation of Antibiotic Therapy on mortality of patients presenting to an Emergency Department with sepsis

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 196-201

  Wisdom, Alice ^a   Eaton, Vaughn ^a,b   Gordon, David ^a,b   Daniel, Santhosh ^a,b   Woodman, Richard ^c   Phillips, Cameron ^a,b  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibacterial agents; Emergency department; Mortality; Sepsis; Time factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CYCLOPEPTIDE; KAPAKAHINE E;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD CULTURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; SHOCK, SEPTIC; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; SHOCK, SEPTIC; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84929606565     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1742-6723.12394     Document Type: Article

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