What you need to know about sepsis

Nursing

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 46-51

  Wood, Susan ^a,b   Lavieri, Mary C ^a,c   Durkin, Tracy ^a,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b General Medical Unit   (United States)

^c Medical Intensive Care Unit

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DROTRECOGIN; PROTEIN C; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTENSIVE CARE; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ASTHMA; CRITICAL CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROTEIN C; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS;

EID: 34347232660     PISSN: 03604039     EISSN: 15388689     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NURSE.0000261827.43049.f9     Document Type: Article

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