Sepsis and septic shock. A global perspective and initiative

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1383-1387

  Kissoon, Niranjan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; INOTROPIC AGENT; VITAMIN;

ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INOTROPISM; INTENSIVE CARE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL ETHICS; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY;

CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHICS, MEDICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SEPSIS; SHOCK, SEPTIC; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 58749083712     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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