A Sepsis-related Diagnosis Impacts Interventions and Predicts Outcomes for Emergency Patients with Severe Sepsis

Introduction: Many patients meeting criteria for severe sepsis are not given a sepsis-related diagnosis by emergency physicians (EP). This study 1) compares emergency department (ED) interventions and in-hospital outcomes among patients with severe sepsis, based on the presence or absence of sepsis-...

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Main Authors: Mitchell Kim, Taketo Watase, Karl D. Jablonowski, Medley O. Gatewood, Daniel J. Henning
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2017-09-01
Series:Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Online Access:https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9975s2fs