The influence of gender on the epidemiology of and outcome from severe sepsis

Critical Care

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Sakr, Yasser ^a   Elia, Cristina ^b   Mascia, Luciana ^b   Barberis, Bruno ^c   Cardellino, Silvano ^d   Livigni, Sergio ^e   Fiore, Gilberto ^f   Filippini, Claudia ^b   Ranieri, Vito M ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c OSPEDALE DEGLI INFERMI   (Italy)

^d Ospedale Cardinal Massaia   (Italy)

^e S GIOVANNI BOSCO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f S CROCE E CARLE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84875064772     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc12570     Document Type: Article

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