Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Hospitalized cancer patients with severe sepsis: analysis of incidence, mortality, and associated costs of care. | Available online http content 8 5 R291 Research Hospitalized cancer patients with severe sepsis analysis of incidence mortality and associated costs of care Mark D Williams1 Lee Ann Braun2 Liesl M Cooper3 Joseph Johnston4 Richard V Weiss5 Rebecca L Qualy6 and Walter Linde-Zwirble7 Open Access Senior Clinical Research Physician Lilly Research Laboratories Eli Lilly Company Indianapolis Indiana USA 2Senior Clinical Development Associate Lilly Research Laboratories Eli Lilly Company Indianapolis Indiana USA 3Manager Outcomes Research Lilly Research Laboratories Eli Lilly Company Indianapolis Indiana USA 4Clinical Research Physician Lilly Research Laboratories Eli Lilly Company Indianapolis Indiana USA Statistician Health Process Management Limited Liability Company Doylestown Pennsylvania USA 6Senior Scientific Communication Associate Lilly Research Laboratories Eli Lilly Company Indianapolis Indiana USA 7Vice President Research Analytical Services Health Process Management Limited Liability Company Doylestown Pennsylvania USA Corresponding author Mark D Williams mardwill@ Received 12 March 2004 Revisions requested 29 April 2004 Revisions received 20 May 2004 Accepted 21 May 2004 Published 5 July 2004 Critical Care 2004 8 R291-R298 DOI cc2893 This article is online at http content 8 5 R291 2004 Williams et al. licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are permitted in all media for any purpose provided this notice is preserved along with the article s original URL. Abstract Introduction Infection is an important complication in cancer patients which frequently leads to or prolongs hospitalization and can also lead to acute organ dysfunction severe sepsis and eventually death. While cancer patients are known to be at higher risk for infection and subsequent complications there is no national estimate of the magnitude of this problem. Our objective was to .
