Multiple organ failure: Is it disappearing?

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 471-473

  Levine, Jeffrey H ^a   Durham, Rodney M ^a   John Moran, R N ^a   Baue, Arthur ^a  

^a S LOUIS UNIV HLTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD VOLUME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SCALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OXYGEN THERAPY; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APACHE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRAUMA CENTERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029970232     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002689900074     Document Type: Review

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