Disparities in Adherence to Pediatric Sepsis Guidelines across a Spectrum of Emergency Departments: A Multicenter, Cross-Sectional Observational in Situ Simulation Study

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 403-415.e3

  Kessler, David O ^a   Walsh, Barbara ^b   Whitfill, Travis ^c   Gangadharan, Sandeep ^d   Gawel, Marcie ^c   Brown, Linda ^e   Auerbach, Marc ^c  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency medicine; pediatrics; quality control; sepsis; simulation

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE FOR CHILDREN READINESS SCORE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FLUID THERAPY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SIMULATION; STANDARDIZATION; TEAMWORK; ADULT; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RESUSCITATION; SHOCK, SEPTIC; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RESUSCITATION; SHOCK, SEPTIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84960332797     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2015.08.004     Document Type: Article

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