Physician agreement on the diagnosis of sepsis in the intensive care unit: estimation of concordance and analysis of underlying factors in a multicenter cohort

Physician agreement on the diagnosis of sepsis in the intensive care unit: estimation of concordance and analysis of underlying factors in a multicenter cohort

Abstract Background Differentiating sepsis from the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) in critical care patients is challenging, especially before serious organ damage is evident, and with variable clinical presentations of patients and variable training and experience of attending physi...

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Main Authors: Bert K. Lopansri, Russell R. Miller III, John P. Burke, Mitchell Levy, Steven Opal, Richard E. Rothman, Franco R. D’Alessio, Venkataramana K. Sidhaye, Robert Balk, Jared A. Greenberg, Mark Yoder, Gourang P. Patel, Emily Gilbert, Majid Afshar, Jorge P. Parada, Greg S. Martin, Annette M. Esper, Jordan A. Kempker, Mangala Narasimhan, Adey Tsegaye, Stella Hahn, Paul Mayo, Leo McHugh, Antony Rapisarda, Dayle Sampson, Roslyn A. Brandon, Therese A. Seldon, Thomas D. Yager, Richard B. Brandon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-02-01
Series:Journal of Intensive Care
Subjects:
Sepsis
Diagnosis
Inter-observer agreement
Intensive care
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40560-019-0368-2

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