Epidemiology of sepsis and infection in ICU patients from an international multicentre cohort study

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 108-121

  Alberti, Corinne ^a   Brun Buisson, Christian ^b   Burchardi, Hilmar ^c   Martin, Claudio ^d   Goodman, Sergey ^e   Artigas, Antonio ^f   Sicignano, Alberto ^g   Palazzo, Mark ^h   Moreno, Rui ⁱ   Boulmé, Ronan ^b   Lepage, Eric ^b   Le Gall, Jean ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Göttingen Hospital   (Germany)

^d LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^e HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^f Parc Taulli Hospital   (Spain)

^g FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^h CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central EPE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Critical care; Epidemiology; Incidences; Infection; Mortality; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION RATE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEPSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

CANADA; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; EUROPE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; ISRAEL; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SEPSIS;

EID: 0036213966     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-001-1143-z     Document Type: Article

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