Epidemiology of severe sepsis in Slovenian intensive care units for adults

Journal of Chemotherapy

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 134-136

  Beovic B ^a   Hladnik, Z ^b   Pozenel P ^b   Siuka, D ^b   Bizjak, Dijana ^c   Borovšak, Zvonko ^c   Bucič, Bruno ^c   Drinovec, Igor ^c   Gorjup, Vojka ^c   Grabar, Daniel ^c   Hergouth Mahkovic, Ksenija ^c   Jurekovič, Vladan ^c   Kariž, Stojan ^c   Kosec, Lučka ^c   Kremžar, Borjana ^c   Letonja, Mitja ^c   Mirkovič, Tomislav ^c   Možina, Hugon ^c   Papuga, Vesna ^c   Parežnik, Roman ^c   Pečnik, Andreja ^c   Pehnec, Zlatko ^c   Priman, Tea ^c   Rus Vavpot, Vikica ^c   Slemenik Pušnik, Cirila ^c   Šarman, Majda ^c   Starič, Srečko ^c   Šteblaj, Simona ^c   Švigelj, Viktor ^c   Vilhar, Jasna ^c   Zorko, Alenka ^c   more..

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APACHE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; SEPSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLOVENIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 41149140473     PISSN: 1120009X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/joc.2008.20.1.134     Document Type: Article

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