Sepsis and organ system failure are major determinants of post–intensive care unit mortality

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Volume 23, Issue 4 , Pages 475-483, December 2008

Yasser Sakr, MB, BCh, PhD
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany
Jean-Louis Vincent, MD, PhD
- Department of Intensive Care, Erasme Hospital, Free University of Brussels, 1070 Bruusels, Belgium
- Corresponding author. Tel.: +32 2 555 3380; fax: +32 2 555 4555.
Esko Ruokonen, MD
- Department of Intensive Care, Kuopio University Hospital, Finland
Mario Pizzamiglio, MD
- Department of Intensive Care, Hospedale di Piacenza, Italy
Etienne Installe, MD
- Department of Intensive Care, UCL Mont Godinne, Yvoir, Belgium
Konrad Reinhart, MD
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Germany
Rui Moreno, MD, PhD
- Department of Intensive Care, Hospital de St, Antonio dos Capuchos, Lisbon, Portugal
on behalf of the “Sepsis Occurrence in Acutely Ill Patients” Investigators
- Endorsed by the European Society for Intensive Care Medicine (Brussels, Belgium), and supported by an unlimited grant from Abbott (Chicago, IL), Baxter (Deerfield, IL), Eli Lilly (Indianapolis IN), GlaxoSmithKline (Brentford, Essex, UK), and NovoNordisk.