Severity Scores in Emergency Department Patients with Presumed Infection: A Prospective Validation Study

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 539-547

  Williams, Julian M ^a,b   Greenslade, Jaimi H ^a,b,c   Chu, Kevin ^a,b   Brown, Anthony F T ^a,b   Lipman, Jeffrey ^b,c  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emergency department; mortality; sepsis; severity of illness index; validation studies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE; LABORATORY TEST; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MORTALITY IN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT SEPSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SEQUENTIAL ORGAN FAILURE ASSESSMENT SCORE; SEVERE SEPSIS SCORE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SIMPLIFIED ACUTE PHYSIOLOGY SCORE; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPLICATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SCORE; PROGNOSIS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; APACHE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SCORES; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84959450038     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000001427     Document Type: Article

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