A "three delays" model for severe sepsis in resource-limited countries

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 861.e9-861.e14

  Papali, Alfred ^a   McCurdy, Michael T ^a   Calvello, Emilie J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical care; Developing country; Global health; Intensive care; Resource limited; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MORTALITY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS MODEL; RESUSCITATION; SEPSIS; THREE DELAY MODEL; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FLUID THERAPY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; OXYGEN THERAPY; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR; TIME TO TREATMENT;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CRITICAL CARE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FLUID THERAPY; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; RESUSCITATION; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; TIME FACTORS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; TRIAGE;

EID: 84930958709     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2015.04.003     Document Type: Article

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