Electronic early notification of sepsis in hospitalized ward patients: a study protocol for a stepped-wedge cluster randomized controlled trial

Electronic early notification of sepsis in hospitalized ward patients: a study protocol for a stepped-wedge cluster randomized controlled trial

Abstract Background To evaluate the effect of screening for sepsis using an electronic sepsis alert vs. no alert in hospitalized ward patients on 90-day in-hospital mortality. Methods The SCREEN trial is designed as a stepped-wedge cluster randomized controlled trial. Hospital wards (total of 45 war...

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Main Authors: Yaseen M. Arabi, Abdulmohsen Alsaawi, Mohammed Al Zahrani, Ali M. Al Khathaami, Raed H. AlHazme, Abdullah Al Mutrafy, Ali Al Qarni, Ahmed Al Shouabi, Eman Al Qasim, Sheryl Ann Abdukahil, Fawaz K. Al-Rabeah, Huda Al Ghamdi, Ebtisam Al Ghamdi, Mariam Alansari, Khadega A. Abuelgasim, Abdulaleem Alatassi, John Alchin, Hasan M. Al-Dorzi, Abdulaziz A. Ghamdi, Fahad Al-Hameed, Ahmad Alharbi, Mohamed Hussein, Wasil Jastaniah, Mufareh Edah AlKatheri, Hassan AlMarhabi, Hani T. Mustafa, Joan Jones, Saad Al-Qahtani, Shaher Qahtani, Ahmad S. Qureshi, Salih Bin Salih, Nahar Alselaim, Nabiha Tashkandi, Ramesh Kumar Vishwakarma, Emad AlWafi, Ali H. Alyami, Zeyad Alyousef, for the SCREEN Trial Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-10-01
Series:Trials
Subjects:
Sepsis
Alert
Screening
qSOFA
Mortality
Electronic medical records
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-021-05562-5

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