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Editorial
. 2017 Feb;5(3):56.
doi: 10.21037/atm.2017.01.49.

The challenge of early identification of the hospital patient at risk of septic complications

Jean-Louis Vincent  1
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Editorial

The challenge of early identification of the hospital patient at risk of septic complications

Jean-Louis Vincent. Ann Transl Med. 2017 Feb.
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Conflicts of Interest: The author has no conflicts of interest to declare.

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How to identify the sepsis patient on the general floor. More often it is unexplained organ dysfunction that triggers the question, “is there an associated infection?”, rather than infection triggering the question, “is there associated organ dysfunction?”.
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