APACHE II Score and Abdominal Sepsis: A Prospective Study

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 225-229

  Bohnen, John M A ^a,b   Mustard, Robert A ^a,b   Oxholm, Susan E ^a   Schouten, B Diana ^a  

^a WELLESLEY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE;

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PERITONITIS; SEPSIS;

ABSCESS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; ONTARIO; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERITONITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0023840310     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1988.01400260113014     Document Type: Article

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