Results from the national sepsis practice survey: predictions about mortality and morbidity and recommendations for limitation of care orders

James M O'Brien Jr¹ , Scott K Aberegg¹ , Naeem A Ali¹ , Gregory B Diette² and Stanley Lemeshow³

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

²Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 1830 East Monument, 5th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA

³College of Public Health, The Ohio State University, 320 West 10thAvenue, M-116 Starling-Loving Hall, Columbus, OH 43210, USA