The clinical course of patients with septic abortion admitted to an intensive care unit

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1097-1102

  Finkielman, Javier Daniel ^a   De Feo, Fabián Darío ^b   Heller, Paula Graciela ^b   Afessa, Bekele ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MÉDICAS ALFREDO LANARI   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Abortion; APACHE; Female; Pregnancy; Sepsis; Septic abortion

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE;

ADULT; ARGENTINA; ARTERY CATHETER; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD CULTURE; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPTIC ABORTION; SEPTIC SHOCK; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ABORTION, SEPTIC; ADULT; APACHE; ARGENTINA; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3042547507     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-004-2207-7     Document Type: Review

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