A debate on the subject "are SIRS and mods important entities in the clinical evaluation of patients?" the con position

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Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 590-593

  Baue, Arthur E ^a,b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Consensus; Inflammation; Lumpers and splitters; Multiple organ failure; Scoring systems; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; REVIEW; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

EID: 0034547644     PISSN: 10732322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00024382-200014060-00003     Document Type: Article

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