Epidemiology of severe sepsis occurring in the first 24 hrs in intensive care units in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2332-2338

  Padkin, Andrew ^b   Goldfrad, Caroline ^a   Brady, Anthony R ^a   Young, Duncan ^c   Black, Nick ^b   Rowan, Kathy ^a  

^a and London School of Hygiene Tropical Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical database; Critical care; Mortality; Organ dysfunction; Prevalence; Severe sepsis

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; IRELAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN IRELAND; ODDS RATIO; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WALES;

EID: 0041329604     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000085141.75513.2B     Document Type: Article

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