ABC of intensive care: Organ dysfunction
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The epidemiology of acute organ system dysfunction from severe sepsis outside of the intensive care unit.
BACKGROUND Severe sepsis is a common, costly, and complex problem, the epidemiology of which has only been well studied in the intensive care unit (ICU). However, nearly half of all patients with severe sepsis are cared for outside the ICU. OBJECTIVE To determine rates of infection and organ system dysfunction in patients with severe sepsis admitted to non-ICU services. DESIGN Retrospective...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.318.7198.1606