Epidemiology of sepsis and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome in children

Chest

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1033-1037

  Proulx, François ^a   Fayon, Michael ^a   Farrell, Catherine Ann ^a   Lacroix, Jacques ^a   Gauthier, Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

child; critical care; incidence; intensive care units; multiple organ failure; prospective study; septicemia; severity of illness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0029911594     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.109.4.1033     Document Type: Article

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