Compliance with the national SEP-1 quality measure and association with sepsis outcomes: A multicenter retrospective cohort study

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2018, Pages 1585-1591

  Rhee, Chanu ^a,b   Filbin, Michael R ^c   Massaro, Anthony F ^b   Bulger, Amy L ^b   McEachern, Donna ^b   Tobin, Kathleen A ^c   Kitch, Barrett T ^d   Thurlo Walsh, Bert ^e   Kadar, Aran ^e   Koffman, Alexandra ^b   Pande, Anupam ^f   Hamad, Yasir ^f   Warren, David K ^f   Jones, Travis M ^g   O'Brien, Cara ^h   Anderson, Deverick J ^g   Wang, Rui ^a   Klompas, Michael ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NORTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NEWTON WELLESLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Quality measures; SEP 1; Sepsis; Sepsis bundles; Septic shock

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; LACTIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); DEATH; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; ICD-10; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; MORTALITY RATE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; VERY ELDERLY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; TIME TO TREATMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85058689003     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000003261     Document Type: Article

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