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Incidence, organ dysfunction and mortality in severe sepsis: a Spanish multicentre study

Jesús Blanco1,2, Arturo Muriel-Bombín1*, Víctor Sagredo3, Francisco Taboada4, Francisco Gandía5, Luís Tamayo6, Javier Collado6, Ángel García-Labattut7, Demetrio Carriedo8, Manuel Valledor9, Martín De Frutos10, María-Jesús López11, Ana Caballero12, José Guerra13, Braulio Álvarez14, Agustín Mayo15, Jesús Villar16,17,2 and the Grupo de Estudios y Análisis en Cuidados Intensivos (G.R.E.C.I.A.)

1 Critical Care Department, Nuevo Hospital Universitario Río Hortega, Calle Dulzaina s/n, 47012 Valladolid, Spain

2 CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias (Instituto de Salud Carlos III), Carretera Soller Km. 12, 07110 Mallorca, Spain

3 Critical Care Department, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Salamanca, Paseo de San Vicente 182, 37007 Salamanca, Spain

4 Critical Care Department, Hospital Central de Asturias, Calle Celestino Villamil s/n, Oviedo, 33006 Asturias, Spain

5 Critical Care Department, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, Avenida Ramón y Cajal 3, 47005 Valladolid, Spain

6 Critical Care Department, Hospital Río Carrión, Calle Donantes de Sangre s/n, 34005 Palencia, Spain

7 Critical Care Department, Hospital General de Soria, Carretera de Logroño s/n, 42004 Soria, Spain

8 Critical Care Department, Complejo Hospitalario de León, Calle Altos de Nava s/n, 24008 León, Spain

9 Critical Care Department, Hospital de San Agustín, Camino Heros 4, Avilés, 33410 Asturias, Spain

10 Critical Care Department, Hospital General Yagüe, Avenida del Cid Campeador 96, 09005 Burgos, Spain

11 Critical Care Department, Hospital General de Segovia, Carretera de Avila s/n, 40002 Segovia, Spain

12 Critical Care Department, Hospital Virgen de la Concha, Avenida Requejo 35, 49022 Zamora, Spain

13 Critical Care Department, Hospital de Cabueñes, Calle de los Prados 395, Gijón, 33394 Asturias, Spain

14 Critical Care Department, Hospital del Bierzo, Calle Médicos sin Fronteras 7, Ponferrada, 24411 León, Spain

15 Statistics Department, School of Medicine (University of Valladolid), Avenida Ramón y Cajal 7, 47005 Valladolid, Spain

16 Multidisciplinary Organ Dysfunction Evaluation Research Network, Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Dr. Negrin, Barranco de la Ballena s/n, 35010 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

17 Keenan Research Center, St. Michael's Hospital, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, Ontario M5B 1W8, Canada

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Critical Care 2008, 12:R158 doi:10.1186/cc7157


See related commentary by Esper and Martin, http://ccforum.com/content/13/1/120

Published: 17 December 2008

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A Word file showing the definitions for intensive care unit (ICU) type, patient categories, comorbidities, systemic inflammatory response syndrome, sepsis, severe sepsis, septic shock and organ dysfunction.

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