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Mortality Related to Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock Among Critically Ill Patients in Australia and New Zealand, 2000-2012

Kirsi-Maija Kaukonen, Michael Bailey, Satoshi Suzuki, David Pilcher, Rinaldo Bellomo JAMA, 2014, Online first

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This large database linkage study reports a remarkable decrease in mortality from septic shock in Australia and New Zealand over a 12 year period (35% in 2000 to 18.4% in 2012). To overcome the effect of increased diagnosis and low acuity additions (Will Rogers effect, great discussion in...


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