Assessment of clinical criteria for sepsis-was the cart put before the horse?

Affiliations

¹ Medical Intensive Care Unit, Croix-Rousse Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France ;
² Medical Intensive Care Unit, Croix-Rousse Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France;; University of Lyon, University Lyon 1, Lyon, France;; CREATIS INSERM 1044 CNRS 5220, Villeurbanne, France.

Comment

Mylène Aublanc et al. J Thorac Dis. 2016 Aug.

. 2016 Aug;8(8):E816-8.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2016.07.51.

¹ Medical Intensive Care Unit, Croix-Rousse Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France ;
² Medical Intensive Care Unit, Croix-Rousse Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France;; University of Lyon, University Lyon 1, Lyon, France;; CREATIS INSERM 1044 CNRS 5220, Villeurbanne, France.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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