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Editorial
. 2021 Feb 1;49(2):353-355.
doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000004795.

Late Mortality From Sepsis: What We Know and What It Means

Elizabeth Munroe  1 , Hallie C Prescott  1   2
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Editorial

Late Mortality From Sepsis: What We Know and What It Means

Elizabeth Munroe et al. Crit Care Med. .
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Conflict of interest statement

Dr. Prescott’s institution received funding from the National Institutes of Health, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and Department of Veterans Affairs; she serves on the Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines panel; she disclosed government work; and she has grants from AHRQ and Department of Veterans Affairs, unrelated to this article. Dr. Munroe has disclosed that she does not have any potential conflicts of interest.

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