Facing the challenge: Decreasing case fatality rates in severe sepsis despite increasing hospitalizations

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2555-2562

  Dombrovskiy, Viktor Y ^a   Martin, Andrew A ^a   Sunderram, Jagadeeshan ^a   Paz, Harold L ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Case fatality; Hospitalization; Mortality; Sepsis; Severe sepsis; Trend

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATALITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SEPTICEMIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 27944461409     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000186748.64438.7B     Document Type: Article

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