Evidence underpinning the centers for medicare & medicaid services' severe sepsis and septic shock management bundle (SEP-1)

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 8, 2018, Pages 609-610

  Townsend, Sean R ^a   Tefera, Lemeneh ^b   Rivers, Emanuel P ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Henry Ford Hospital ^*  (United States)

^c HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; ECHOGRAPHY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LETTER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; GOVERNMENT; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; UNITED STATES;

CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); HUMANS; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; SEPSIS; SHOCK, SEPTIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85045930830     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/L18-0139     Document Type: Letter

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