Prehospital characteristics among patients with sepsis: a comparison between patients with or without adverse outcome.
Agnes OlanderHenrik AnderssonAnnelie J SundlerAnders BremerLars LjungströmMagnus Andersson HagiwaraPublished in: BMC emergency medicine (2019)
The findings suggests that patients having a decreased oxygen saturation and body temperature, increased serum glucose level and altered mental status during prehospital care are at risk of a poorer patient prognosis and adverse outcome. Recognizing these prehospital characteristics may help to identify patients with sepsis early and improve their long-term outcomes. However further research is required to predict limit values of saturation and serum glucose and to validate the use of prehospital characteristics for adverse outcome in patients with sepsis.
Keyphrases
- cardiac arrest
- trauma patients
- emergency medical
- intensive care unit
- septic shock
- acute kidney injury
- end stage renal disease
- newly diagnosed
- palliative care
- ejection fraction
- blood glucose
- chronic kidney disease
- mental health
- prognostic factors
- emergency department
- case report
- adverse drug
- patient reported outcomes
- quality improvement
- blood pressure
- metabolic syndrome
- insulin resistance
- glycemic control
- electronic health record