Decreasing mortality in severe sepsis and septic shock patients by implementing a sepsis bundle in a hospital setting.

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Published in PLoS One on November 03, 2011

Authors

Sandra Christina Pereira Lima Shiramizo1, Alexandre R Marra, Marcelino S Durão, Ângela T Paes, Michael B Edmond, Oscar Fernando Pavão dos Santos

Author Affiliations

1: Critical Care Unit, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil.

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