Trends in sepsis and infection sources in the United States: A population-based study

Annals of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 216-220

  Walkey, Allan J ^a   Lagu, Tara ^b   Lindenauer, Peter K ^b,c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health services research; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ICD-9; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NONINVASIVE VENTILATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SEPTICEMIA; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; AGED; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; SHOCK, SEPTIC; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTEREMIA; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; SHOCK, SEPTIC; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84926488155     PISSN: 23296933     EISSN: 23256621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201411-498BC     Document Type: Article

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