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A long-term follow-up study investigating health-related quality of life and resource use in survivors of severe sepsis: comparison of recombinant human activated protein C with standard care

Christopher J Longo1*, Daren K Heyland2, Harold N Fisher3, Robert A Fowler4, Claudio M Martin5 and Andrew G Day6

Author Affiliations

1 McMaster University, Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8S 4M4

2 Kingston General Hospital, Queen's University, Stuart Street, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7L 2V7

3 Eli Lilly Canada Inc., Danforth Avenue, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada, M1N 2E8

4 Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M4N 3M5

5 London Health Sciences Centre, Commissioners Road East, London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 5W9

6 Clinical Research Centre, Kingston General Hospital, Stuart Street, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7L 2V7

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Critical Care 2007, 11:R128 doi:10.1186/cc6195


See related commentary by Erickson and Martin., http://ccforum.com/content/12/1/109

Published: 11 December 2007

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A Word document outlining the study criteria used to define the presence of severe sepsis.

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