Epidemiologic trend of severe sepsis in Taiwan from 1997 through 2006

Chest

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 298-304

  Shen, Hsiu Nien ^a   Lu, Chin Li ^a   Yang, Hsi Hsing ^a  

^a CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; STANDARDIZATION; TAIWAN;

EID: 77955345004     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.09-2205     Document Type: Article

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