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Published in: Critical Care 1/2018

Open Access 01-12-2018 | Editorial

The long sepsis journey in low- and middle-income countries begins with a first step...but on which road?

Authors: Arthur Kwizera, Inipavudu Baelani, Mervyn Mer, Niranjan Kissoon, Marcus J. Schultz, Andrew J. Patterson, Ndidiamaka Musa, Joseph Christopher Farmer, Martin W. Dünser, Sepsis in Resource-Limited Settings Workgroup of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 1/2018

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“The most efficacious critical care is the critical care intervention that a patient never needs.” JC Farmer [1]. …
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Metadata
Title
The long sepsis journey in low- and middle-income countries begins with a first step...but on which road?
Authors
Arthur Kwizera
Inipavudu Baelani
Mervyn Mer
Niranjan Kissoon
Marcus J. Schultz
Andrew J. Patterson
Ndidiamaka Musa
Joseph Christopher Farmer
Martin W. Dünser
Sepsis in Resource-Limited Settings Workgroup of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign
Publication date
01-12-2018
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Critical Care / Issue 1/2018
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-018-1987-z

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