Severe sepsis in critically ill patients: Early recognition and outcome

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 658-659

  Vandijck, D M ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

BACTEREMIA; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SHORT SURVEY; SURVIVOR; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

EID: 77950481536     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2009.02184.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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