The association of race and survival from sepsis after injury

American Surgeon

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-47

  Plurad, David S ^a   Lustenberger, Thomas ^a   Patrick Kilday, Jay Zhu ^a   Green, Donald J ^a   Inaba, Kenji ^a   Talving, Peep ^a   Belzberg, Howard ^a   Demetriades, Demetrios ^a  

^a LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POSTTRAUMATIC COMPLICATION; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HISPANIC; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77949319328     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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