Application of new sepsis definitions to evaluate outcome of pediatric patients with severe systemic infections

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1995, Pages 557-561

  Sáez Llorens, Xavier ^a   Vargas, Sonia ^a   Guerra, Fulvia ^a   Coronado, Luis ^a  

^a Hospital del Niño   (Panama)

Author keywords

Outcome; Sepsis; Septic shock

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

ADOLESCENT; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TERMINOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0028998232     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199507000-00001     Document Type: Article

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