Early identification of sepsis in hospital inpatients by ward nurses increases 30-day survival

Critical Care

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Torsvik, Malvin ^a   Gustad, Lise Tuset ^b,c   Mehl, Arne ^b,c,d   Bangstad, Inger Lise ^b   Vinje, Liv Jorun ^b   Damås, Jan Kristian ^c,d,e   Solligård, Erik ^c,d,e  

^a NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b Nord Trøndelag Hospital Trust HNT   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^e TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adherence; In hospital; Sepsis; Survival; Systemic inflammatory response syndrome

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL TIME; VERY ELDERLY; WARD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; NURSING STAFF; ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SCORE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SCORES; PATIENTS' ROOMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

EID: 84988372425     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13054-016-1423-1     Document Type: Article

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