Predictors of long-term mortality after severe sepsis in the elderly

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 347, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 282-288

  Lemay, Allyson C ^b   Anzueto, Antonio ^a   Restrepo, Marcos I ^a   Mortensen, Eric M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b Division of General Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Comorbid conditions; Mortality; Predictors; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COMPLICATION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SMOKING CESSATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 84897108312     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: 15382990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e318295a147     Document Type: Article

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