Did they just prove that a diagnosis of "septic shock" is meaningless?

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 189, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1156-1157

  Iwashyna, Theodore J ^a,b,c   Govindan, Sushant ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; APACHE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DIVERTICULITIS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESUSCITATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPTIC SHOCK;

EID: 84900993158     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201404-0672ED     Document Type: Editorial

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