Prevalence and incidence of sepsis in intensive therapy units in Poland

Anestezjologia Intensywna Terapia

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 73-76

  Kübler, Andrzej ^a   Mayzner Zawadzka, Ewa ^b   Durek, Grazyna ^a   Gaszyński, Wojciech ^c   Nestorowicz, Andrzej ^d   Karpel, Ewa ^e  

^a WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Sepsis, incidence; Sepsis, septic shock; Shock, septic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNET; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; POLAND; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REGISTER; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK;

EID: 34547409898     PISSN: 02091712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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