Comparison of Two Sepsis Recognition Methods in a Pediatric Emergency Department

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1298-1306

  Balamuth, Fran ^a,c   Alpern, Elizabeth R ^d   Grundmeier, Robert W ^a,c   Chilutti, Marianne ^c   Weiss, Scott L ^a,c   Fitzgerald, Julie C ^a,c   Hayes, Katie ^c   Bilker, Warren ^a   Lautenbach, Ebbing ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RECOGNITION; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONSENSUS; FEVER; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOCK, SEPTIC; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; CONSENSUS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

EID: 84946560008     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12814     Document Type: Conference Paper

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