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Early identification of sepsis in hospital inpatients by ward nurses increases 30-day survival

Overview of attention for article published in Critical Care, August 2016
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Title
Early identification of sepsis in hospital inpatients by ward nurses increases 30-day survival
Published in
Critical Care, August 2016
DOI 10.1186/s13054-016-1423-1
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Malvin Torsvik, Lise Tuset Gustad, Arne Mehl, Inger Lise Bangstad, Liv Jorun Vinje, Jan Kristian Damås, Erik Solligård

Abstract

Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) and sepsis are now frequently identified by observations of vital signs and detection of organ failure during triage in the emergency room. However, there is less focus on the effect on patient outcome with better observation and treatment at the ward level. This was a before-and-after intervention study in one emergency and community hospital within the Mid-Norway Sepsis Study catchment area. All patients with confirmed bloodstream infection have been prospectively registered continuously since 1994. Severity of sepsis, observation frequency of vital signs, treatment data, length of stay (LOS) in high dependency and intensive care units, and mortality were retrospectively registered from the patients' medical journals. The post-intervention group (n = 409) were observed better and had higher odds of surviving 30 days (OR 2.7, 95 % CI 1.6, 4.6), lower probability of developing severe organ failure (0.7, 95 % CI 0.4, 0.9), and on average, 3.7 days (95 % CI 1.5, 5.9 days) shorter LOS than the pre-intervention group (n = 472). In a cohort with stable mortality rates, early sepsis recognition by ward nurses may have reduced progression of disease and improved survival for patients in hospital with sepsis.

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Unknown 259 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 42 16%
Student > Master 34 13%
Researcher 22 8%
Student > Postgraduate 21 8%
Student > Ph. D. Student 20 8%
Other 49 19%
Unknown 71 27%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 79 31%
Medicine and Dentistry 61 24%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 6 2%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 6 2%
Engineering 5 2%
Other 26 10%
Unknown 76 29%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 292. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 November 2019.
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#121,118
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