The absence of fever is associated with higher mortality and decreased antibiotic and IV fluid administration in emergency department patients with suspected septic shock

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2017, Pages e575-e582

  Henning, Daniel J ^a,b   Carey, Jeremy R ^a   Oedorf, Kimie ^a   Day, Danielle E ^a   Redfield, Colby S ^a   Huguenel, Colin J ^a   Roberts, Jonathan C ^a   Sanchez, Leon D ^a   Wolfe, Richard E ^a   Shapiro, Nathan I ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Emergency; Fever; Septic shock

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUID THERAPY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URBAN AREA; AGED; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; PROCEDURES; SHOCK, SEPTIC; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERY ELDERLY;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUID THERAPY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

EID: 85015825805     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000002311     Document Type: Article

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