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

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 8, 2018, Pages 1-11

  Pepper, Dominique J ^a   Jaswal, Dharmvir ^a   Sun, Junfeng ^a   Welsh, Judith ^a   Natanson, Charles ^a   Eichacker, Peter Q ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CREATININE; INFUSION FLUID; LACTIC ACID;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TISSUE PERFUSION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GOVERNMENT; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES (U.S.); DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; SEPSIS; SHOCK, SEPTIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85045959579     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/M17-2947     Document Type: Review

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