The risk factors and time course of sepsis and organ dysfunction after burn trauma

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 959-966

  Fitzwater, John ^a   Purdue, Gary F ^a   Hunt, John L ^a   O’keefe, Grant E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Burn trauma; Multiple organ dysfunction; Organ failure; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOCK; SURVIVAL; TIME; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY SURFACE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTIC SHOCK;

ADULT; BURNS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; SEX FACTORS; SHOCK; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; INOTROPIC AGENT;

EID: 0037664944     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000029382.26295.AB     Document Type: Article

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