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

• Główni autorzy: Salim Baharoon (Autor), Ayman Telmesani (Autor), Hani Tamim (Autor), Eiman Alsafi (Autor), Sameerah Aljohani (Autor), Ebrahim Mahmoud (Autor), Hamdan Al-Jahdali (Autor)
• Format: Książka
• Wydane: Elsevier, 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Hasła przedmiotowe: 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...