The authors reply

Claire N Shappell^{1

2}, Michael Klompas^{1

3}, Chanu Rhee^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School/Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA.
² Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.
³ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.

Comment

Claire N Shappell et al. Crit Care Med. 2021.

. 2021 Jun 1;49(6):e657-e658.

doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000004981.

Claire N Shappell^{1

2}, Michael Klompas^{1

3}, Chanu Rhee^{1

3}

¹ Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School/Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA.
² Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.
³ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.

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Comment on

Does Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Cause Sepsis?
Shappell CN, Klompas M, Rhee C. Shappell CN, et al. Crit Care Med. 2020 Dec;48(12):1707-1709. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000004601. Crit Care Med. 2020. PMID: 32833696 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Less Lumping and More Splitting: Why We Should Not Call COVID Sepsis.
Oxman DA. Oxman DA. Crit Care Med. 2021 Jun 1;49(6):e656-e657. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000004930. Crit Care Med. 2021. PMID: 34011839 No abstract available.

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