The influence of volume and intensive care unit organization on hospital mortality in patients admitted with severe sepsis: a retrospective multicentre cohort study.

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Published in Crit Care on January 01, 2007

Authors

Linda Peelen1, Nicolette F de Keizer, Niels Peek, Gert Jan Scheffer, Peter H J van der Voort, Evert de Jonge

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medical Informatics, Academic Medical Center, Meibergdreef 15, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. l.m.peelen@amc.uva.nl

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