Challenges in combating sepsis in Germany-Learning from others and the COVID-19 pandemic

Konrad Reinhart^{1

2

3}, Stefan Kluge⁴, Tobias Welte^{5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany. konrad.reinhart@charite.de.
² 12 Department of Anesthesiology and Operative Intensive Care Medicine (CCM, CVK), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany. konrad.reinhart@charite.de.
³ Sepsis Stiftung, c/o Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Hindenburgdamm 27, 12203, Berlin, Germany. konrad.reinhart@charite.de.
⁴ Department of Intensive Care, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
⁵ Department of Respiratory Medicine/Infectious Diseases, Hannover School of Medicine, Hannover, Germany.
⁶ Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease Hannover (BREATH), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Hannover, Germany.

Editorial

Konrad Reinhart et al. Med Klin Intensivmed Notfmed. 2023 Dec.

. 2023 Dec;118(Suppl 2):65-67.

doi: 10.1007/s00063-023-01100-0. Epub 2023 Dec 20.

Konrad Reinhart^{1

2

3}, Stefan Kluge⁴, Tobias Welte^{5

6}

¹ Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany. konrad.reinhart@charite.de.
² 12 Department of Anesthesiology and Operative Intensive Care Medicine (CCM, CVK), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany. konrad.reinhart@charite.de.
³ Sepsis Stiftung, c/o Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Hindenburgdamm 27, 12203, Berlin, Germany. konrad.reinhart@charite.de.
⁴ Department of Intensive Care, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
⁵ Department of Respiratory Medicine/Infectious Diseases, Hannover School of Medicine, Hannover, Germany.
⁶ Biomedical Research in Endstage and Obstructive Lung Disease Hannover (BREATH), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Hannover, Germany.

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Comment on

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