Adult-population incidence of severe sepsis in Australian and New Zealand intensive care units

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 589-596

  Finfer, Simon ^a   Bellomo, Rinaldo ^a   Lipman, Jeffrey ^a   French, Craig ^a   Dobb, Geoffrey ^a   Myburgh, John ^a  

^a Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Incidence studies; Sepsis; Severe sepsis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; SEPSIS;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROGNOSIS; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 1942500844     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-004-2157-0     Document Type: Article

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