Do established prognostic factors explain the different mortality rates in ICU septic patients around the world?

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Published in Minerva Anestesiol on June 28, 2012

Authors

E Silva1, A B Cavalcanti, D D G Bugano, J M Janes, B Vallet, R Beale, J L Vincent

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1: Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil. eliezer@einstein.br

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