Prognostic indexes of septic syndrome in the emergency department

Internal and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 229-233

  Giannazzo, Giuseppe ^a   Tola, Francesco ^a   Vanni, Simone ^a   Bondi, Ernesta ^a   Pepe, Giuseppe ^a   Grifoni, Stefano ^a  

^a CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Emergency medicine; Lactic acid; Septic shock; Septic syndrome; Severity of illness index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SHOCK, SEPTIC; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

EID: 39049191175     PISSN: 18280447     EISSN: 19709366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02934745     Document Type: Article

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