Is severe sepsis increasing in incidence and severity?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1414-1415

  Esper, Annette ^a   Martin, Greg S ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Epidemiology; Incidence; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDITORIAL; FATALITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RACE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; SEPSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247379107     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000262946.68003.21     Document Type: Editorial

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