Source control in the management of sepsis

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2001, Pages

  Jimenez, M F ^a   Marshall, J C ^a  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAMANDOLE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; ERYTHROMYCIN; FIBRIN; GALLIUM; HEPARIN; INDIUM;

ABSCESS; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ARTICLE; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; PANCREAS ABSCESS; PANCREAS NECROSIS; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; SEPSIS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SUCTION;

EID: 0034922339     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/pl00003797     Document Type: Article

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