Incidence and long-term outcome of sepsis on general wards and in an ICU at the General Hospital of Vienna: An observational cohort study

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 125, Issue 11-12, 2013, Pages 302-308

  Stiermaier, Thomas ^a   Herkner, Harald ^a   Tobudic, Selma ^a   Burgmann, Karin ^a   Staudinger, Thomas ^a   Schellongowski, Peter ^a   Burgmann, Heinz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

28 day mortality; General ward; Incidence; Long term outcome; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ICD-10; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; WARD;

AGED; AUSTRIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84879690548     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: 16137671     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-013-0351-1     Document Type: Article

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