Sepsis as 2 problems: Identifying sepsis at admission and predicting onset in the hospital using an electronic medical record–based acuity score

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 38, Issue , 2017, Pages 237-244

  Rothman, Michael ^a   Levy, Mitchell ^b   Dellinger, R Philip ^c   Jones, Stephen L ^d   Fogerty, Robert L ^e   Voelker, Kirk G ^f   Gross, Barry ^g   Marchetti, Albert ^h   Beals, Joseph ^a  

^a PeraHealth Inc   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Children s Regional Hospital   (United States)

^d HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f SARASOTA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g Riverside Regional Medical Center   (United States)

^h RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

qSOFA; Rothman Index; Sepsis, predicting sepsis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD-BASED ACUITY SCORE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ICD-9; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; ROTHMAN INDEX; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; ADULT; AGED; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NORTH CAROLINA; PATIENT ACUITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; CRITICAL CARE; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; PATIENT ACUITY; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS;

EID: 85013667734     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2016.11.037     Document Type: Article

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