Epidemiology of sepsis in the Valencian Community (Spain), 1995-2004

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 630-634

  Ballester, Juan Carlos Andreu ^a,d   Ballester, Ferran ^b   Sánchez, Antonio González ^a   Quilis, Amadeo Almela ^a   Rubio, Enrique Colomer ^a   Otero, Carlos Peñarroja ^c  

^a HOSPITAL ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

^b Generalitat Valenciana   (Spain)

^c Hospital Casa de la Salud   (Spain)

^d NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; SEPSIS; SEPTICEMIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN;

FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; SEPSIS; SPAIN; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 47549099601     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/589583     Document Type: Article

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