Epidemiology of sepsis and septic shock in critical care units: Comparison between sepsis-2 and sepsis-3 populations using a national critical care database

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 626-636

  Shankar Hari, M ^a,b,c   Harrison, D A ^c   Rubenfeld, G D ^d   Rowan, K ^c  

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

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c King's College London   (United Kingdom)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

epidemiology; intensive care; outcomes; sepsis; septic shock

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APACHE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; AGED; FACTUAL DATABASE; INTENSIVE CARE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; CRITICAL CARE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEPSIS; SHOCK, SEPTIC;

EID: 85032866793     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aex234     Document Type: Article

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