Association of a clinical practice guideline with blood culture use in critically ill children

JAMA Pediatrics

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 157-164

  Woods Hill, Charlotte Z ^a,b   Fackler, James ^a   McMillan, Kristen Nelson ^a   Ascenzi, Judith ^c   Martinez, Diego A ^d   Toerper, Matthew F ^d   Voskertchian, Annie ^d   Colantuoni, Elizabeth ^c   Klaus, Sybil Ann ^d,e   Levin, Scott ^f   Milstone, Aaron M ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MITRE CORPORATION   (United States)

^f Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILD; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERVENTION STUDY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTIC SHOCK; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; BLOOD; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FEVER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UTILIZATION;

BLOOD CULTURE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERS; CHILD; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

EID: 85014554923     PISSN: 21686203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2016.3153     Document Type: Article

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