Early warning score: A dynamic marker of severity and prognosis in patients with Gram-negative bacteraemia and sepsis

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Albur, Mahableshwar ^a   Hamilton, Fergus ^a   MacGowan, Alasdair P ^b  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical outcome; Early warning score; Gram negative bacteraemia

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEATH; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY WARNING SCORE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEQUENTIAL ORGAN FAILURE ASSESSMENT SCORE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; BACTEREMIA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; SEPSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BACTEREMIA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS;

EID: 85007507491     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14760711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12941-016-0139-z     Document Type: Article

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