Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 108, Issue 10 , Pages 778-787 , October 2009

Key Process Indicators of Mortality in the Implementation of Protocol-driven Therapy for Severe Sepsis

  • Jiun-Long Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Tungs' Taichung MetroHarbor Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chun-Shih Chin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ming-Chen Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chi-Yuan Yi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Sou-Jen Shih

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jeng-Yuan Hsu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Institute of Medicine, Chung-Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chieh-Liang Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Department of Life Science, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
    • School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Chieh-Liang Wu, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, 160, Section 3, Chung-Kang Road, Taichung 407, Taiwan

Received 14 November 2008 ,Revised 5 January 2009 ,Accepted 4 February 2009.

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PII: S0929-6646(09)60405-8

doi: 10.1016/S0929-6646(09)60405-8

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 108, Issue 10 , Pages 778-787 , October 2009

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