Should prehospital early warning scores be used to identify which patients need urgent treatment for sepsis?

Authors :: Goodacre S
Thomas B
Smyth M
Dickson JM
Source :: BMJ (Clinical research ed.) [BMJ] 2021 Oct 18; Vol. 375, pp. n2432. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Oct 18.
Publication Year :: 2021
Abstract: Competing Interests: Competing interests: We have read and understood the BMJ Group policy on declaration of interests and declare the following interests: grant support from the National Institute of Health Research to our employing institutions. The authors are co-investigators on the PHEWS study.

Subjects :: Critical Pathways standards
Diagnostic Errors prevention & control
Early Diagnosis
Humans
Practice Guidelines as Topic
State Medicine standards
Time-to-Treatment
United Kingdom
Early Medical Intervention methods
Early Medical Intervention standards
Early Warning Score
Emergency Medical Services methods
Emergency Medical Services organization & administration
Risk Assessment methods
Sepsis diagnosis
Sepsis therapy

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