The spectrum of septic encephalopathy: Definitions, etioloqies, and mortalities

JAMA

Volumn 275, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 470-473

  Eidelman, Leonid A ^a   Putterman, Debby ^a   Putterman, Chaim ^a,b   Sprung, Charles L ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; NITROGEN; UREA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE SEPSIS; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0030051298     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.275.6.470     Document Type: Article

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