Interhospital transfer delays appropriate treatment for patients with severe sepsis and septic shock: A retrospective cohort study

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2589-2596

  Faine, Brett A ^a   Noack, Joseph M ^b   Wong, Terrance ^b   Messerly, Jeffrey T ^b   Ahmed, Azeemuddin ^b   Fuller, Brian M ^c   Mohr, Nicholas M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

antibacterial agents; emergency department; hospitals; interhospital transfer; resuscitation; rural; sepsis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APACHE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ICD-9-CM; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; THERAPY DELAY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; AGED; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FLUID THERAPY; PROCEDURES; SHOCK, SEPTIC; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; APACHE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT TRANSFER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; SHOCK, SEPTIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84947495307     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000001301     Document Type: Article

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