Screening and diagnosis of sepsis in severe burns
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Diagnosis and treatment of severe sepsis
The burden of infection in industrialized countries has prompted considerable effort to improve the outcomes of patients with sepsis. This has been formalized through the Surviving Sepsis Campaign 'bundles', derived from the recommendations of 11 professional societies, which have promoted global improvement in those practices whose primary goal it is to reduce sepsis-related death. However, di...
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عنوان ژورنال: EMERGENCY MEDICINE
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2307-1230,2224-0586
DOI: 10.22141/2224-0586.16.1.2020.196925