Clinical effectiveness and early goal-directed therapy for severe sepsis and septic shock

Chest

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 584-

  Wolf, Stephen J ^a   Tebb, Zachary D ^a   Byyny, Richard L ^a  

^a DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; GOAL DIRECTED THERAPY; HUMAN; INTUBATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LETTER; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM ERROR; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 39449102669     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.07-1916     Document Type: Letter

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