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Editorial
. 2017 Apr;9(4):965-968.
doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.03.145.

qSOFA-welcome to the sepsis alphabet soup

Peter C Hou  1 , Raghu R Seethala  1 , Imoigele P Aisiku  1
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Editorial

qSOFA-welcome to the sepsis alphabet soup

Peter C Hou et al. J Thorac Dis. 2017 Apr.
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