Sepsis in Surgery: Presidential Address

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 1982, Pages 107-112

  Altemeier, W A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

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ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; EUROPE; HISTORY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SEPTICEMIA; SURGICAL INFECTION; UNITED STATES; ABSTRACT REPORT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SHORT SURVEY; THERAPY;

ANTIBIOTICS; EUROPE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, 17TH CENT.; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, 18TH CENT.; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, 19TH CENT.; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, 20TH CENT.; HUMAN; SEPTICEMIA; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0020092363     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1982.01380260001001     Document Type: Article

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