Epidemiology of Sepsis in Surgical Patients

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1425-1443

  Moore, Laura J ^a   Moore, Frederick A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evidence based care; Patient outcomes; Sepsis; Surgical critical care

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CEFEPIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CILASTATIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; ERTAPENEM; FLUCONAZOLE; HYDROCORTISONE; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; METRONIDAZOLE; NORADRENALIN; PIPERACILLIN; STEROID; TAZOBACTAM; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDEMIA; CANDIDIASIS; CATHETER INFECTION; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; NON INVASIVE BLOOD PRESSURE MONITOR; NONHUMAN; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION PRESSURE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL SEPSIS; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; SYSTEMIC VASCULAR RESISTANCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE VOLUME; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SEPSIS;

EID: 84869137058     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: 15583171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2012.08.009     Document Type: Review

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