Open AccessVolume-Mortality Relationships during Hospitalization with Severe Sepsis Exist Only at Low Case Volumes
Author(s) -
Andrew Goodwin,
Kit N. Simpson,
Dee W. Ford
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
annals of the american thoracic society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.035
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 2329-6933
pISSN - 2325-6621
DOI - 10.1513/annalsats.201406-287oc
Subject(s) - medicine , sepsis , intensive care medicine , volume (thermodynamics) , section (typography) , emergency medicine , physics , quantum mechanics , advertising , business
Volume-outcome associations have been demonstrated in conditions with high morbidity and mortality; however, the existing literature regarding such associations in sepsis is not definitive.