System for predicting outcome and for clinical evaluation in sepsis and septic shock: Could scores and biochemical markers be of greater help in the future? Comment to: Septic shock: Current pathogenic concept from a clinical perspective [2]

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Gentili, Andrea ^a   Iannella, Elisa ^a   Giuntoli, Lorenzo ^a   Baroncini, Simonetta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; LETTER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; SEPSIS; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

EID: 33744951908     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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