Identifying Severe Sepsis via Electronic Surveillance

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 559-565

  Brandt, Bristol N ^a   Gartner, Amanda B ^b   Moncure, Michael ^a   Cannon, Chad M ^a   Carlton, Elizabeth ^b   Cleek, Carol ^b   Wittkopp, Chris ^b   Simpson, Steven Q ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

electronic medical record; electronic surveillance; quality improvement; sepsis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ALGORITHM; BLOOD; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING RATE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SCORE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TIME FACTOR;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALGORITHMS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BODY TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SCORES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY RATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84945131106     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860614541291     Document Type: Article

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