Sepsis guidelines: Clinical practice implications

Nurse Practitioner

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1-6

  Lehman, Karen D ^a   Thiessen, Kellie ^b  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

sepsis; sepsis guidelines; septic shock; severe sepsis; surviving sepsis campaign

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; NURSING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

EID: 84938885098     PISSN: 03611817     EISSN: 15388662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NPR.0000465120.42654.86     Document Type: Article

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