Evaluation of the modified MEDS, MEWS score and Charlson comorbidity index in patients with community acquired sepsis in the emergency department

Internal and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 255-260

  Çıldır, Ergün ^a   Bulut, Mehtap ^a   Akalın, Halis ^a   Kocabaş, Egemen ^a   Ocakoğlu, Gökhan ^a   Aydın, Şule Akköse ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

CCI; MEDS score; MEWS; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875740864     PISSN: 18280447     EISSN: 19709366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11739-012-0890-x     Document Type: Article

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