Community-acquired septic shock: Early management and outcome in a nationwide study in Finland

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1320-1326

  Varpula, M ^a   Karlsson, S ^b   Parviainen, I ^c   Ruokonen, E ^c   Pettila V ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Sepsis; Septic shock; Treatment protocols

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPTIC SHOCK; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT FAILURE; VENOUS OXYGEN TENSION;

FINLAND; HUMANS; SHOCK, SEPTIC; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35348998030     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2007.01439.x     Document Type: Article

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