Diagnosing sepsis is subjective and highly variable: A survey of intensivists using case vignettes

Critical Care

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Rhee, Chanu ^a,b   Kadri, Sameer S ^c   Danner, Robert L ^c   Suffredini, Anthony F ^c   Massaro, Anthony F ^b   Kitch, Barrett T ^d   Lee, Grace ^a   Klompas, Michael ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d NORTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE; ORGAN INJURY; PHYSICIAN; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONOLOGY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SHOCK; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; VIGNETTE; CLINICAL DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; CLINICAL PATHWAY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; MALE; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84962159420     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13054-016-1266-9     Document Type: Article

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