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The Measurement of Organ Dysfunction/Failure as an ICU Outcome

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  1. Toronto Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    John C. Marshall, Gordon Bernard, Jean-Roger Le Gall & Jean-Louis Vincent

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Marshall, J.C., Bernard, G., Le Gall, JR. et al. The Measurement of Organ Dysfunction/Failure as an ICU Outcome. Sepsis 1, 41 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009731826866

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