Residual rates of mortality in patients with severe sepsis: A fatality or a new challenge?

Annals of Intensive Care

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-6

  Asfar, Pierre ^a   Claessens, Yann Erick ^b   Duranteau, Jacques ^c   Kipnis, Eric ^d   Leone, Marc ^e   Lévy, Bruno ^f   Mira, Jean Paul ^g  

^a ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER PRINCESSE GRACE   (Monaco)

^c BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^f CHU NANCY BRABOIS   (France)

^g Institut Cochin   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROTRECOGIN; ERITORAN; HETASTARCH; INSULIN; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; STEROID;

DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG INFUSION; FATALITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN TREATMENT; LOW DRUG DOSE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84887170526     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21105820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2110-5820-3-27     Document Type: Review

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