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

Annals of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 785-

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

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORE TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; LETTER; LUNG EMBOLISM; SEPSIS; TYMPANIC TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; FEMALE; MALE; PNEUMONIA; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SEPSIS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84929620214     PISSN: 23256621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201503-158LE     Document Type: Letter

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