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Organ Dysfunction as an Outcome Measure: The Sofa Score

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  1. Department of Intensive Care, Erasme University Hospital, Free University of Brussels, Belgium

    Jean-Louis Vincent

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Vincent, JL. Organ Dysfunction as an Outcome Measure: The Sofa Score. Sepsis 1, 53–54 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009767419230

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