Sepsis, severe sepsis and septic shock: Clinical, epidemiological and prognostic characteristics of patients in an intensive care unit in a university hospital;Sepse, sepse grave e choque séptico: Aspectos clínicos, epidemiológicos e prognóstico em pacientes de unidade de terapia intensiva de um hospital universitário

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 591-593

  de Carvalho, Renan Henrique ^a   Vieira, Janaína Fernandes ^a   Filho, Paulo Pinto Gontijo ^a   Ribas, Rosineide Marques ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Mortality; Septic shock; Severe sepsis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PROGNOSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 78649416735     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0037-86822010000500025     Document Type: Article

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