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Editorial
. 2024 Dec;11(4):327-330.
doi: 10.15441/ceem.24.330. Epub 2024 Nov 18.

Assessment of organ failure in sepsis patients in the emergency department: clinical evaluation, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score, and future perspectives

Tae Gun Shin  1
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Assessment of organ failure in sepsis patients in the emergency department: clinical evaluation, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score, and future perspectives

Tae Gun Shin. Clin Exp Emerg Med. 2024 Dec.
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Conflicts of interest

Tae Gun Shin is an Editorial Board member of Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine, but was not involved in the peer reviewer selection, evaluation, or decision process of this article. The author has no other conflicts of interest to declare.

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Fig. 1.
Sepsis-associated organ dysfunctions and signs. FiO2, fraction of inspired oxygen; BUN, blood urea nitrogen; INR, international normalized ratio; DIC, disseminated intravascular coagulation.
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