Injury
Volume 32, Issue 1 , Pages 5-12 , January 2001

Early risk factors for sepsis in patients with severe blunt trauma

  • J.M. Flores

      Affiliations

    • Department of Critical Care and Emergency Medicine, Servicio de Cuidados Crı́ticos y Urgencias (UCI-HRT), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocı́o, Avda. Manuel Siurot s/n, 41013 Sevilla, Spain
    • ,
  • P.I. Jiménez

      Affiliations

    • Department of Critical Care and Emergency Medicine, Servicio de Cuidados Crı́ticos y Urgencias (UCI-HRT), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocı́o, Avda. Manuel Siurot s/n, 41013 Sevilla, Spain
    • ,
  • M.D. Rincón

      Affiliations

    • Department of Critical Care and Emergency Medicine, Servicio de Cuidados Crı́ticos y Urgencias (UCI-HRT), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocı́o, Avda. Manuel Siurot s/n, 41013 Sevilla, Spain
    • ,
  • J.A. Márquez

      Affiliations

    • Department of Critical Care and Emergency Medicine, Servicio de Cuidados Crı́ticos y Urgencias (UCI-HRT), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocı́o, Avda. Manuel Siurot s/n, 41013 Sevilla, Spain
    • ,
  • H. Navarro

      Affiliations

    • At present, Dr Navarro is working in the Laboratory Section of the Centre for Labour Hygiene and Security of Jaén (Spain).
    • Department of Biochemistry, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocı́o, Sevilla, Spain
    • ,
  • D. Arteta

      Affiliations

    • Department of Critical Care and Emergency Medicine, Servicio de Cuidados Crı́ticos y Urgencias (UCI-HRT), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocı́o, Avda. Manuel Siurot s/n, 41013 Sevilla, Spain
    • ,
  • F. Murillo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Critical Care and Emergency Medicine, Servicio de Cuidados Crı́ticos y Urgencias (UCI-HRT), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocı́o, Avda. Manuel Siurot s/n, 41013 Sevilla, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +34-95-4248153; fax: +34-95-4248294

,Accepted 30 May 2000.

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