Featured Publications
“Deterioration to Door Time”: An Exploratory Analysis of Delays in Escalation of Care for Hospitalized Patients
Sankey CB, McAvay G, Siner JM, Barsky CL, Chaudhry SI. “Deterioration to Door Time”: An Exploratory Analysis of Delays in Escalation of Care for Hospitalized Patients. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2016, 31: 895-900. PMID: 26969311, PMCID: PMC4945556, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-016-3654-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedical intensive care unitEscalation of careIntensive care unitClinical deteriorationCare escalationHospitalized patientsCare unitDoor timeInpatient medicineRetrospective cohort studySeverity of illnessRisk of deathAcademic medical centerHospital mortalityICU transferCohort studyInpatient floorInpatient settingMedical CenterGeneral floorPatientsCareMortalityCurrent eraPrevious studies
2018
Using System Inflammatory Response Syndrome as an Easy-to-Implement, Sustainable, and Automated Tool for All-Cause Deterioration Among Medical Inpatients
Fogerty RL, Sussman LS, Kenyon K, Li F, Sukumar N, Kliger AS, Acker K, Sankey C. Using System Inflammatory Response Syndrome as an Easy-to-Implement, Sustainable, and Automated Tool for All-Cause Deterioration Among Medical Inpatients. Journal Of Patient Safety 2018, Publish Ahead of Print: &na;. PMID: 29369071, DOI: 10.1097/pts.0000000000000463.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDefinition of sepsisClinical deteriorationMedical inpatientsAdult inpatientsSystemic inflammatory response syndrome criteriaElectronic health record toolsInflammatory response syndromeAcademic medical centerSyndrome criteriaResponse syndromeClinical benefitMedical CenterHigh riskMinimal additional resourcesInpatientsSIRSSepsisPatientsIntervention toolSpectrum disorderDeteriorationAdmissionSyndrome