National Study of Emergency Department Visits for Sepsis, 1992 to 2001

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Strehlow, Matthew C ^a   Emond, Stephen D ^a   Shapiro, Nathan I ^b   Pelletier, Andrea J ^c   Camargo Jr , Carlos A ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 33747796236     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.05.003     Document Type: Article

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