Initial disease severity and quality of care of emergency department sepsis patients who are older or younger than 70 years of age

Due to atypical symptom presentation older patients are more prone to delayed sepsis recognition. We investigated whether initial disease severity before emergency department (ED) treatment (including treatable acute organ dysfunction), quality of ED sepsis care and the impact on mortality was diffe...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2017-09, Vol.12 (9), p.e0185214-e0185214
Hauptverfasser:	Warmerdam, Mats, Stolwijk, Frank, Boogert, Anjelica, Sharma, Meera, Tetteroo, Lisa, Lucke, Jacinta, Mooijaart, Simon, Ansems, Annemieke, Esteve Cuevas, Laura, Rijpsma, Douwe, de Groot, Bas
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acuity Adult Age Age Factors Aged Aged, 80 and over Antibiotics Biology and Life Sciences Care and treatment Delirium Demographic aspects Diseases Elderly patients Emergency medical services Emergency Service, Hospital Emergency services Female Health aspects Hospital Mortality Hospitalization Hospitals Humans Infections Intensive care Male Medical care quality Medicine and Health Sciences Middle Aged Mortality Netherlands - epidemiology Organ Dysfunction Scores Outcome Assessment (Health Care) Patient outcomes Patient safety Patients People and Places Physicians Prospective Studies Quality Quality assessment Quality Improvement Quality of care Quality of Health Care Risk management Schweitzer, Albert Sepsis Sepsis - diagnosis Sepsis - mortality Sepsis - therapy Severity of Illness Index
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