Sepsis, septicaemia, sepsis syndrome, and septic shock: The correct definition and use

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 844, 1996, Pages

  Odeh, Majed ^a  

^a BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOXIN;

BACTEREMIA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; MICROORGANISM; NOMENCLATURE; NOTE; ORGAN PERFUSION; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SEPTICEMIA;

EID: 85045535202     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.72.844.66     Document Type: Article

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3. Casey LC, Balk RA, Bone RC. Plasma cytokine and endotoxin levels correlate with survival in patients with the sepsis syndrome. Ann Intern Med 1993; 119: 771-8.