Temporal trends in the systemic inflammatory response syndrome, sepsis, and medical coding of sepsis

BMC Anesthesiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Thomas, Benjamin S ^a,b   Jafarzadeh, S Reza ^a   Warren, David K ^a   McCormick, Sandra ^c   Fraser, Victoria J ^a   Marschall, Jonas ^a,d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c BJC HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CODING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNICITY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; SEPSIS; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; AGED; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERTIARY CARE CENTER;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL CODING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; SEPSIS; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84947780076     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712253     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12871-015-0148-z     Document Type: Article

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