Prognostic factors for mortality in (fecal) peritonitis: Back to the roots!

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 269-271

  Eckmann, Christian ^a   Bassetti, Matteo ^b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b SANTA MARIA DELLA MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FECES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PERITONITIS;

FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERITONITIS;

EID: 84893844325     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-013-3155-x     Document Type: Editorial

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