Identification of the severe sepsis patient at triage: A prospective analysis of the Australasian Triage Scale

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 690-697

  Chamberlain, Diane J ^a   Willis, Eileen ^a   Clark, Robyn ^a   Brideson, Genevieve ^a  

^a Flinders University   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; APACHE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALASIAN TRIAGE SCALE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONSENSUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FUNGUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY DISEASE; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SEQUENTIAL ORGAN FAILURE ASSESSMENT SCORE; VALIDITY; VITAL SIGN; AGED; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; CLINICAL TRIAL; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUSTRALASIA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; TRIAGE;

EID: 84940387816     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2014-203937     Document Type: Article

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