Application of the sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) score to bacteremic ICU patients

Infection

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 240-244

  Routsi, C ^a,b   Pratikaki, M ^b   Sotiropoulou, C ^a   Platsouka, E ^b   Markaki, V ^a   Paniara, O ^b   Vincent, J L ^c   Roussoss, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APACHE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEQUENTIAL ORGAN FAILURE ASSESSMENT SCORE;

ADULT; AGED; APACHE; BACTEREMIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34547678045     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-007-6217-6     Document Type: Article

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