Clinical implications of the Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3)

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¹ Division of Critical Care (Fernando, Seely), Department of Medicine; Department of Emergency Medicine (Fernando), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Critical Care (Rochwerg), Department of Medicine, and Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (Rochwerg), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; Department of Surgery (Seely), University of Ottawa; Clinical Epidemiology Program (Seely), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont. sfernando@qmed.ca.
² Division of Critical Care (Fernando, Seely), Department of Medicine; Department of Emergency Medicine (Fernando), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Critical Care (Rochwerg), Department of Medicine, and Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (Rochwerg), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; Department of Surgery (Seely), University of Ottawa; Clinical Epidemiology Program (Seely), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.

Shannon M Fernando et al. CMAJ. 2018.

. 2018 Sep 10;190(36):E1058-E1059.

doi: 10.1503/cmaj.170149.

¹ Division of Critical Care (Fernando, Seely), Department of Medicine; Department of Emergency Medicine (Fernando), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Critical Care (Rochwerg), Department of Medicine, and Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (Rochwerg), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; Department of Surgery (Seely), University of Ottawa; Clinical Epidemiology Program (Seely), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont. sfernando@qmed.ca.
² Division of Critical Care (Fernando, Seely), Department of Medicine; Department of Emergency Medicine (Fernando), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont.; Division of Critical Care (Rochwerg), Department of Medicine, and Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (Rochwerg), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; Department of Surgery (Seely), University of Ottawa; Clinical Epidemiology Program (Seely), Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ont.

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