Prediction of mortality in febrile medical patients: How useful are systemic inflammatory response syndrome and sepsis criteria?

Chest

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1533-1541

  Bossink, Ailko W J ^a   Groeneveld, A B Johan ^a   Hack, C Erik ^b   Thijs, Lambertus G ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Hypoalbuminemia; Infection; Mortality; Prediction; Sepsis; SIRS

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS;

EID: 0031781591     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.113.6.1533     Document Type: Article

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