The association between sepsis and potential medical injury among hospitalized patients

Chest

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 606-613

  Liu, Vincent ^a,b   Turk, Benjamin J ^a   Rizk, Norman W ^c   Kipnis, Patricia ^a,b   Escobar, Gabriel J ^a,b  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECUBITUS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INJURY; LACERATION; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INJURY; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORTALITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EID: 84865835846     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.11-2556     Document Type: Article

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