Differences in Impact of Definitional Elements on Mortality Precludes International Comparisons of Sepsis Epidemiology - A Cohort Study Illustrating the Need for Standardized Reporting∗

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 2223-2230

  Shankar Hari, Manu ^a,b,c   Harrison, David A ^c   Rowan, Kathryn M ^c  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c and London School of Hygiene Tropical Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

epidemiology; healthy policy; heterogeneity; international benchmarking; sepsis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA BASE; ENGLAND; GROWTH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; FEMALE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME;

EID: 84976350914     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000001876     Document Type: Article

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