The severity of injury and the extent of hemorrhagic shock predict the incidence of infectious complications in trauma patients

European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 538-546

  Lustenberger, Thomas ^a   Turina, Matthias ^a   Seifert, Burkhardt ^b   Mica, Ladislav ^a   Keel, Marius ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Hemorrhagic shock; Infection; Injury severity score; Systemic inflammatory response syndrome; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949273990     PISSN: 18639933     EISSN: 16153146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00068-009-8128-y     Document Type: Article

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