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01-12-2015 | Poster presentation
BISON (Bloodstream Infections and Sepsis Outcomes measurement Network) initiative: an ESGBIS proposal
Authors:
Luigia Scudeller, Jesús Rodríguez Baño, Winfried V Kern
Published in:
Trials
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Special Issue 1/2015
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Excerpt
Outcome of a bloodstream infection/sepsis (BSI/S) is defined in different ways in different research projects.[
1] In this, BSI/S share the characteristics of other fields of medicine; specific issues are related to diversity of causative agents, the clinical focus of infection, severity of comorbid conditions, presence of indwelling devices, multiplicity of affected patient populations, and others.[
2] A preliminary list of putative core outcome set (COS) might be: …