The diagnosis of sepsis revisited - a challenge for young medical scientists in the 21st century

Patient Safety in Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Lynn, Lawrence A ^a  

^a The Sleep and Breathing Research Institute   (United States)

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BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDITORIAL; HISTORY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SCIENTIST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 84895510980     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17549493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1754-9493-8-1     Document Type: Editorial

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