Pitfalls in the Treatment of Sepsis

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 185-198

  Peterson, Lars Kristofer N ^a   Chase, Karin ^b  

^a Cooper Medical School of Rowan University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical care; Emergency medicine; Medical errors; qSOFA; Sepsis; SIRS

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; OXYGEN;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL HISTORY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SEQUENTIAL ORGAN FAILURE ASSESSMENT SCORE; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; TEAMWORK; CARE BUNDLE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; MEDICAL ERROR; ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SCORE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; TREATMENT FAILURE;

DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SCORES; PATIENT CARE BUNDLES; SEPSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 85006789620     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2016.09.008     Document Type: Review

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