Working out the complexities of severe sepsis

Nurse Practitioner

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 43-48

  Kleinpell, Ruth M ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEPSIS;

HUMANS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; SEPSIS;

EID: 20644447998     PISSN: 03611817     EISSN: 15388662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NPR.0000393498.56472.15     Document Type: Article

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