Failure of available scoring systems to predict ongoing infection in patients with abdominal sepsis after their initial emergency laparotomy
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>To examine commonly used scoring systems, designed to predict overall outcome in critically ill patients, for their ability to select patients with an abdominal sepsis that have ongoing infection needing relaparotomy.</p> <p...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2011-12-01
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| Series: | BMC Surgery |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2482/11/38 |