Early diagnosis of sepsis in emergency departments, time to treatment, and association with mortality: An observational study

• Gunnar Husabø ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: gunnar.husabo@hvl.no

  Affiliations Department of Social Science, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Sogndal, Norway, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8726-1769

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• Roy M. Nilsen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health and Functioning, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway

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• Hans Flaatten,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

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• Erik Solligård,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Clinic of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim, Norway, Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging and Mid-Norway Sepsis Research Group, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

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• Jan C. Frich,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

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• Gunnar T. Bondevik,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, National Centre for Emergency Primary Health Care, NORCE Norwegian Research Centre, Bergen, Norway

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• Geir S. Braut,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway, Norwegian Board of Health Supervision, Oslo, Norway

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3337-4792

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• Kieran Walshe,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, Manchester, England, United Kingdom

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• Stig Harthug,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Research and Development, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway, Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

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• Einar Hovlid

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Social Science, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Sogndal, Norway, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Norwegian Board of Health Supervision, Oslo, Norway

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