Sepsis presenting in hospitals versus emergency departments: Demographic, resuscitation, and outcome patterns in a multicenter retrospective cohort

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2019, Pages 340-348

  Leisman, Daniel E ^a,b,c   Angel, Catalina ^a   Schneider, Sandra M ^b,d   D’Amore, Jason A ^b   D’Angelo, John K ^b   Doerfler, Martin E ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DONALD AND BARBARA ZUCKER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT HOFSTRA NORTHWELL   (United States)

^c Global Sepsis Alliance Executive Committee   (Germany)

^d AMERICAN COLLEGE OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GAS EXCHANGE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NURSING HOME; ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SCORE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TACHYPNEA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT PRESENTING SEPSIS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PRESENTING SEPSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROPENSITY SCORE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VERY ELDERLY; CLINICAL TRIAL; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE;

AGED; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PREVALENCE; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS;

EID: 85067088499     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12788/jhm.3188     Document Type: Article

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