A surveillance method to identify patients with sepsis from electronic health records in Hong Kong: a single centre retrospective study

A surveillance method to identify patients with sepsis from electronic health records in Hong Kong: a single centre retrospective study

Abstract Background Currently there are only two population studies on sepsis incidence in Asia. The burden of sepsis in Hong Kong is unknown. We developed a sepsis surveillance method to estimate sepsis incidence from a population electronic health record (EHR) in Hong Kong using objective clinical...

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Main Authors: Ying Zhi Liu, Raymond Chu, Anna Lee, Charles David Gomersall, Lin Zhang, Tony Gin, Matthew T. V. Chan, William K. K. Wu, Lowell Ling
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-09-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Infection
Incidence
Sepsis
Population
Electronic health record
Asia
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12879-020-05330-x

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