Gender-related outcome difference is related to course of sepsis on mixed ICUs: A prospective, observational clinical study

Critical Care

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Nachtigall, Irit ^a   Tafelski, Sascha ^a   Rothbart, Andreas ^a   Kaufner, Lutz ^a   Schmidt, Maren ^a   Tamarkin, Andrey ^a   Kartachov, Maxim ^a   Zebedies, Daniela ^a   Trefzer, Tanja ^a   Wernecke, Klaus Dieter ^b   Spies, Claudia ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b SOSTANA GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG COST; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SEQUENTIAL ORGAN FAILURE ASSESSMENT SCORE; SEX DIFFERENCE; THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION SCORING SYSTEM 28; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79959188577     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc10277     Document Type: Article

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