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Year in review 2007: Critical Care – multiple organ failure and sepsis

James M O'Brien1*, Naeem A Ali1 and Edward Abraham2

Author Affiliations

1 Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Center for Critical Care, The Ohio State University Medical Center, 201 Davis HLRI, 473 West 12th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA

2 Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, 420 Boshell Building, 1808 7th Avenue South, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA

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Critical Care 2008, 12:228 doi:10.1186/cc6950

Published: 14 October 2008

Abstract

Several research papers published in Critical Care throughout 2007 examined the pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of sepsis and multiorgan failure. The present review summarizes the findings and implications of the papers published on sepsis and multiorgan failure and places the research in the context of other work in the field.