Community- versus nosocomial-acquired severe sepsis and septic shock in patients admitted to a tertiary intensive care in Saudi Arabia, etiology and outcome

• Main Authors: Salim Baharoon (Author), Ayman Telmesani (Author), Hani Tamim (Author), Eiman Alsafi (Author), Sameerah Aljohani (Author), Ebrahim Mahmoud (Author), Hamdan Al-Jahdali (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: Sepsis syndrome is a major worldwide cause of morbidity and mortality. While community-acquired severe sepsis and septic shock constitutes a major cause of admission to the intensive care unit, hospital-acquired severe sepsis and septic shock remain major preventable causes of I...