Clinical decision support for early recognition of sepsis.

Robert C. Amland; Kristin E. Hahn-Cover

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Clinical decision support for early recognition of sepsis.

April 20, 2016

Amland RC, Hahn-Cover KE. Am J Med Qual. 2016;31(2):103-10.

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Sepsis is a clinical condition that can be rapidly fatal, thus prompt recognition and treatment is critical. This multicenter retrospective study describes the performance of a cloud-based computerized decision support system aimed at identifying sepsis in patients before infection was suspected.

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