Patient factors associated with identification of sepsis in the ED

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Northwestern Memorial Hospital/McGaw Medical Center, Chicago, IL. Electronic address: dkwils2@emory.edu.
² Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
³ Rollins School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
⁴ Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
⁵ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Center for Critical Care, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
⁶ Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.

D K Wilson et al. Am J Emerg Med. 2014 Oct.

. 2014 Oct;32(10):1280-1.

doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2014.06.014. Epub 2014 Jun 20.

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Northwestern Memorial Hospital/McGaw Medical Center, Chicago, IL. Electronic address: dkwils2@emory.edu.
² Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
³ Rollins School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
⁴ Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
⁵ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Center for Critical Care, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
⁶ Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.

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