ICU-acquired infections and Sepsis: More of a deadly duo

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 793-795

  Brun Buisson, Christian ^a  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PROGNOSIS; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURGICAL RISK;

CROSS INFECTION; EUROPE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 42449108121     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-008-1019-6     Document Type: Editorial

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