What's new in sepsis recognition in resource-limited settings?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anaesthesia, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda.
² Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA.
³ Interdisciplinary Intensive Care Units, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and General Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Salzburg and Paracelsus Private Medical University, Müllner Hauptstrasse 48, 5020, Salzburg, Austria. M.Duenser@salk.at.

Arthur Kwizera et al. Intensive Care Med. 2016 Dec.

. 2016 Dec;42(12):2030-2033.

doi: 10.1007/s00134-016-4222-x. Epub 2016 Jan 29.

¹ Department of Anaesthesia, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda.
² Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA.
³ Interdisciplinary Intensive Care Units, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and General Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Salzburg and Paracelsus Private Medical University, Müllner Hauptstrasse 48, 5020, Salzburg, Austria. M.Duenser@salk.at.

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