Preliminary Performance on the New CMS Sepsis-1 National Quality Measure: Early Insights From the Emergency Quality Network (E-QUAL)

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 10-15.e1

  Venkatesh, Arjun K ^a,b   Slesinger, Todd ^c   Whittle, Jessica ^d   Osborn, Tiffany ^e   Aaronson, Emily ^f   Rothenberg, Craig ^b   Tarrant, Nalani ^g   Goyal, Pawan ^g   Yealy, Donald M ^h   Schuur, Jeremiah D ⁱ  

^a YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; EMERGENCY WARD; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SEVERE SEPSIS SEPTIC SHOCK EARLY MANAGEMENT BUNDLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; CARE BUNDLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GOVERNMENT; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; PATIENT CARE BUNDLES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SEPSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85026749299     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2017.06.032     Document Type: Article

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