Trial reportCritical care (London, England)2016
Early identification of sepsis in hospital inpatients by ward nurses increases 30-day survival.
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- Impact of manual sepsis screening in hospitalized adult patients: A systematic review.Journal of hospital medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Body mass index and risk of dying from a bloodstream infection: A Mendelian randomization study.PLoS medicine · 2020Trial
- Factors Associated With Mortality Among Septic Hospital Ward Patients.Mayo Clinic proceedings. Innovations, quality & outcomes · 2026Article
- Roles and responsibilities of registered nurses in the early recognition and management of sepsis in acute hospital settings: a scoping review.BMJ open quality · 2025Article
- Variations in the clinical practice of blood pressure and sedo-analgesia management for intracerebral hemorrhage: a case-based survey of Chinese healthcare workers.BMC neurology · 2025Article
- Nurses' knowledge, attitudes, and decision-making related to sepsis assessment and management in Palestinian intensive care units.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- A novel scoring system for evaluating mortality risk of patients with sepsis during early hospitalization.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Article
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- Nurses' and Physicians' Experiences After Implementation of a Quality Improvement Project to Improve Sepsis Awareness in Hospitals.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2024Article
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- Nurses' knowledge and confidence in recognizing and managing patients with sepsis: A multi-site cross-sectional study.Journal of advanced nursing · 2023Article
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- Prospective application of the interdisciplinary bedside rounding checklist 'TEMP' is associated with reduced infections and length of hospital stay.BMJ open quality · 2022Review
- Identifying infected patients using semi-supervised and transfer learning.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2022Article
- Shock Index in the early assessment of febrile children at the emergency department: a prospective multicentre study.Archives of disease in childhood · 2022Observational
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- Dynamic Monitoring of Systemic Biomarkers with Gastric Sensors.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2021Article
- Sensitivity Patterns of Bacterial Pathogens Isolated from Blood Cultures of Under-Five Children with Pneumonia and Clinical Sepsis.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Association of hospital nursing and postsurgical sepsis.PloS one · 2021Article
- The Clinical Need for New Diagnostics in the Identification and Management of Patients with Suspected Sepsis in UK NHS Hospitals: A Survey of Healthcare Professionals.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundSystemic 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.
methodsThis 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.
resultsThe 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).
conclusionsIn 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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