Post-ICU mortality in critically ill infected patients: An international study

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 56-63

  Azoulay, Élie ^a   Alberti, Corinne ^b   Legendre, Isabelle ^b   Buisson, Christian Brun ^c   Le Gall, Jean Roger ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^c HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Infection; Intensive care; Multicenter; Outcome; Post ICU mortality; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; APACHE; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS;

EID: 12944296643     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-004-2484-1     Document Type: Article

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