Epidemiology of severe sepsis in intensive care units in the Slovak Republic

Infection

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 122-128

  Zahorec R ^a   Firment, J ^b   Strakova J ^c   Mikula, J ^d   Malik P ^e   Novak I ^f   Zeman, J ^g   Chlebo, P ^h  

^a St Elisabeth Cancer Institute Bratislava   (Slovakia)

^b L PASTEUR UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Slovakia)

^c Dept of Anesthesia and ICU   (Slovakia)

^d CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Slovakia)

^f Eli Lilly sro   (Slovakia)

^g District Hospital Bojnice   (Slovakia)

^h District Hospital Levice   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SLOVAKIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; SHOCK, SEPTIC; SLOVAKIA;

EID: 21144441117     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-005-4019-2     Document Type: Article

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