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Review
. 2016 Jul 1;194(1):16-8.
doi: 10.1164/rccm.201604-0734ED.

Opening the Debate on the New Sepsis Definition Change Is Not Necessarily Progress: Revision of the Sepsis Definition Should Be Based on New Scientific Insights

Irene Cortés-Puch  1 , Christiane S Hartog  2   3
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Review

Opening the Debate on the New Sepsis Definition Change Is Not Necessarily Progress: Revision of the Sepsis Definition Should Be Based on New Scientific Insights

Irene Cortés-Puch et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. .
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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Consensus definitions of sepsis as published in 1992, 2003, and 2016. MAP = mean arterial pressure; SIRS = systemic inflammatory response syndrome; SOFA = sequential organ failure assessment; WBC = white blood cells.
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