Defining Sepsis

Clinics in Chest Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 585-590

  Vincent, Jean Louis ^a   Korkut, Hakan Atalan ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Infection; Inflammatory response; Septic shock

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPSIS;

CAUSE OF DEATH; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; SEPSIS; SHOCK, SEPTIC; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

EID: 54049145986     PISSN: 02725231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2008.06.001     Document Type: Review

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