Year in review in Critical Care, 2004: Sepsis and multi-organ failure

Critical Care

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 409-413

  O'Brien Jr , James M ^a   Ali, Naeem A ^a   Abraham, Edward ^b  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ACTIVATED PROTEIN C; ARACHIDONIC ACID; AUTACOID; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; ERYTHROPOIETIN; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; LORNOXICAM; OXYGEN; PLACEBO; PROCALCITONIN; PROSTACYCLIN; RENIN; THROMBOXANE A2;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ALCOHOLISM; ANEMIA; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRAZIL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PANCREAS SURGERY; PANCREATITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; TISSUE BLOOD FLOW; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ANIMALS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COMORBIDITY; CRITICAL CARE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMANS; INSULIN; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEOPLASMS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 23744474540     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc3728     Document Type: Review

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