What Clinicians Think About When They Think About Sepsis: Results From a Survey Across the University of Maryland Medical System
Clinicians in practice tend to associate the diagnosis of sepsis with signs of severe illness, such as hypotension or respiratory distress, and systemic inflammation, such as fever and leukocytosis. Except for coagulopathy, nonspecific laboratory indicators of organ dysfunction have less influence on decision-making.
Authors
- Surbhi Leekha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4565-6439)
- Jonathan Baghdadi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2442-0654)
- Angela D. Smedley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4954-8662)
- Blaine Kenaa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9421-121X)
- David Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4345-661X)
- Chao Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-7251-8094)
- Samantha J. King (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2213-5822)
- Jerry Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-8581-8314)
- Samuel A. Tisherman
- Dorsey Dowling
Institutions
- University of Maryland, Baltimore (US)
- Kaiser Permanente (US)
- University of Maryland Medical System (US)
- Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (US)
- The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Critical Care Explorations
- Published
- 2024-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/cce.0000000000001183
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.39
Funders
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality