Systematic Bias in Meta-Analyses of Time to Antimicrobial in Sepsis Studies

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2016, Pages e234-e235

  Kumar, Anand ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; EMERGENCY WARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LETTER; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; HUMANS; SEPSIS;

EID: 84961918340     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000001512     Document Type: Letter

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