Has the time for advanced pre-hospital care of severe sepsis finally arrived?

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 186, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 186-187

  Ginde, Adit A ^a   Moss, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUT OF HOSPITAL CARDIAC ARREST; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TREATMENT PLANNING; FEMALE; MALE; NOTE; STATISTICS;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEPSIS;

EID: 84871803801     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201210-1895ED     Document Type: Editorial

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