Why we need a new definition of sepsis

Annals of Translational Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 19, 2015, Pages

  Beesley, Sarah J ^a   Lanspa, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INTERMOUNTAIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Sepsis; Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS)

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015483704     PISSN: 23055839     EISSN: 23055847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2305-5839.2015.11.02     Document Type: Article

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