Epidemiology and economic evaluation of severe sepsis in France: age, severity, infection site, and...
Epidemiology and economic evaluation of severe sepsis in France: age, severity, infection site, and place of acquisition (community, hospital, or intensive care unit) as determinants of workload and cost
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United States: Elsevier Inc
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Severe sepsis is a leading cause of death in critically ill patients. We evaluated cost and workload according to infection site, place and time of acquisition, and severity.
We used a prospective 3-year database from 6 intensive care units (ICUs) including 1698 patients.
Of the 1698 patients, 713 (42%) had severe sepsis at admission and 339...
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Epidemiology and economic evaluation of severe sepsis in France: age, severity, infection site, and place of acquisition (community, hospital, or intensive care unit) as determinants of workload and cost
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_68032946
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_68032946
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0883-9441
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1557-8615
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10.1016/j.jcrc.2004.10.005
