Temporal trends in the epidemiology of severe postoperative sepsis after elective surgery: A large, nationwide sample

Anesthesiology

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 917-925

  Bateman, Brian T ^a   Schmidt, Ulrich ^a   Berman, Mitchell F ^b   Bittner, Edward A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; JOINT PROSTHESIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SEPTICEMIA; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; UROLOGIC SURGERY; VASCULAR SURGERY;

EID: 77950803946     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e3181cea3d0     Document Type: Article

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