Multicenter implementation of a treatment bundle for patients with sepsis and intermediate lactate values

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 193, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1264-1270

  Liu, Vincent X ^a,b   Morehouse, John W ^b   Marelich, Gregory P ^b   Soule, Jay ^b   Russell, Thomas ^b   Skeath, Melinda ^a   Adams, Carmen ^a   Escobar, Gabriel J ^a,b   Whippy, Alan ^b  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospital Mortality; Quality Improvement; Resuscitation; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; LACTIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; FEMALE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; HYPERVOLEMIA; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FLUID THERAPY; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84988896964     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201507-1489OC     Document Type: Article

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