The challenge of sepsis

Critical Care

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 435-436

  Levy, Mitchell M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NOTE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURVIVAL;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONSENSUS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; SEPSIS;

EID: 11344292607     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc3009     Document Type: Note

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