Reduction in Time to First Action as a Result of Electronic Alerts for Early Sepsis Recognition

Critical Care Nursing Quarterly

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 182-187

  Kurczewski, Lisa ^a   Sweet, Michael ^b   McKnight, Richard ^b   Halbritter, Kevin ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

electronic alerts; sepsis; systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS); therapy time

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC ALERTING SYSTEM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; TIME TO TREATMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MIDDLE AGED; SHOCK, SEPTIC; TIME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOCK, SEPTIC; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84936747290     PISSN: 08879303     EISSN: 15505111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CNQ.0000000000000060     Document Type: Article

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