Implementing a collaborative protocol in a sepsis intervention program: lessons learned.

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Published in Lung on November 16, 2010

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Brian Casserly1, Michael Baram, Patricia Walsh, Andrew Sucov, Nicholas S Ward, Mitchell M Levy

Author Affiliations

1: Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Brown University, 111 Brewster Street, Pawtucket, RI 02860, USA. brian_casserly@brown.edu

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