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Nguyen, K., Cook, L. & Greenlee, E. Mortality reduction in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock through a comprehensive sepsis initiative. Crit Care 18 (Suppl 2), P28 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1186/cc14031
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