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Prevention of infection in multiple trauma patients by high-dose intravenous immunoglobulins

Emmanuel E. Douzinas, Marinos T. Pitaridis, George Louris, Ilias Andrianakis, Klea Katsouyanni, Dimitrios Karmpaliotis, J. Economidou, Dimitrios Sfyras, Charis Roussos

Critical Care Medicine · 2000 · 61 citations · 28 references

DOI

Abstract

Trauma patients receiving high doses of IVIG exhibit a reduction of septic complications and an improvement of SBA. Early SBA measurement may represent an index of susceptibility to infection.

References

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APACHE II-A Severity of Disease Classification System

William A. Knaus, Elizabeth A. Draper, Douglas P. Wagner et al. · Critical Care Medicine · 1986 · 13.4K citations

Epidemiology, Engineering, Data Mining +15

APACHE II

William A. Knaus, Elizabeth A. Draper, Douglas P. Wagner et al. · Critical Care Medicine · 1985 · 13.4K citations

Epidemiology, Acute Care, Patient Safety +9

The injury severity score: a method for describing patients with multiple injuries and evaluating emergency care.

Susan P. Baker, Brian O’Neill, William F. Haddon et al. · PubMed · 1974 · 8K citations

Trauma Resuscitation, Traumatology, Injury Prevention +16

THE INJURY SEVERITY SCORE

Susan P. Baker, Brian O’Neill, William F. Haddon et al. · The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care · 1974 · 7.2K citations

Author Information, Literary Theory, Susan P +15

CDC definitions of nosocomial surgical site infections, 1992: A modification of CDC definitions of surgical wound infections

T A Horan, R. P. Gaynes, William Martone et al. · American Journal of Infection Control · 1992 · 2.6K citations

Surgical Site Infections, Surgical Wound Infections, Healthcare-associated Infection +8