Bloodstream infection complicating trauma

Clinical and Investigative Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 253-258

  Laupland, Kevin ^a,b   Gregson, Daniel B ^b   Kirkpatrick, Andrew W ^a   Kortbeek, John B ^a   Zygun, David A ^a,b   Findlay, Christi ^a   Hameed, S Morad ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; BURN; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ALBERTA; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; SEPSIS; TRAUMA CENTERS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 10844241478     PISSN: 0147958X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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