Differences between patients with or without the need for intensive care due to severe odontogenic infections

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 867-872

  Ylijoki, Seija ^a   Suuronen, Riitta ^a   Jousimies Somer, Hannele ^b   Meurman, Jukka H ^a   Lindqvist, Christian ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY TEMPERATURE; DENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TOOTH INFECTION;

EID: 0034886259     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/joms.2001.25017     Document Type: Article

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