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Incidence and definition of sepsis and associated organ dysfunction.
The International journal of artificial organs - 1 May 2004
Dremsizov T T, Kellum J A, Angus D C
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AIMS: To discuss the incidence, outcome and predisposing factors to systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), sepsis, and multiple organ failure. METHODS: A qualitative review of the literature. RESULTS: Case definitions of sepsis and severe sepsis, though clarified recently, are still arbitrary. It seems, however, that SIRS is not useful in identifying severe sepsis while organ failure has become a...
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