Nationwide trends of severe sepsis in the 21st century (2000-2007)

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Volumn 140, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1223-1231

  Kumar, Gagan ^a   Kumar, Nilay ^b   Taneja, Amit ^a   Kaleekal, Thomas ^a   Tarima, Sergey ^a   McGinley, Emily ^a   Jimenez, Edgar ^c   Mohan, Anand ^c   Khan, Rumi Ahmed ^c   Whittle, Jeff ^a,b   Jacobs, Elizabeth ^a   Nanchal, Rahul ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ORLANDO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SEVERE SEPSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 81055145174     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.11-0352     Document Type: Article

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