Can Sepsis Be Detected in the Nursing Home Prior to the Need for Hospital Transfer?

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 492-496.e1

  Sloane, Philip D ^a,b   Ward, Kimberly ^a   Weber, David J ^b   Kistler, Christine E ^a,b   Brown, Benjamin ^b   Davis, Katherine ^b   Zimmerman, Sheryl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

diagnosis; infection; Nursing homes; sepsis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL AUDIT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EARLY DETECTION TOOL; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; SEQUENTIAL ORGAN FAILURE ASSESSMENT SCORE; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME SCORE; VALIDATION STUDY; VITAL SIGN; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; NORTH CAROLINA; ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SCORE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES;

AGED; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; NURSING HOMES; ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SCORES; PATIENT TRANSFER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85044288736     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2018.02.001     Document Type: Article

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