A systematic assessment of the surviving sepsis campaign's evidence supporting the care of patients with severe sepsis on the wards

Annals of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 956-958

  Odden, Andrew J ^a,b   Govindan, Sushant ^a   Sheth, Jamie ^a   Iwashyna, Theodore J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; META ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURVIVAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WARD; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; PATIENTS' ROOMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SEPSIS; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

EID: 84942256237     PISSN: 23296933     EISSN: 23256621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201502-096LE     Document Type: Letter

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