Understanding the sepsis mortality belt: time to buckle down!

Affiliations

¹ CRISMA Center, Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA ;
² CRISMA Center, Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA; ; Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, University Drive Campus, Pittsburgh, USA.

Comment

Petros Kopterides et al. Ann Transl Med. 2016 Aug.

. 2016 Aug;4(16):319.

doi: 10.21037/atm.2016.08.01.

¹ CRISMA Center, Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA ;
² CRISMA Center, Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA; ; Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, University Drive Campus, Pittsburgh, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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