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The SOFA (Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment) score to describe organ dysfunction/failure

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  1. Erasne University Hospital, 808 route de Lennik, B-1070, Brussels, Belgium

    J. -L. Vincent, R. Moreno, J. Takala, S. Willatts, A. De Mendonça, H. Bruining, C. K. Reinhart, P. M. Suter & L. G. Thijs

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Vincent, J.L., Moreno, R., Takala, J. et al. The SOFA (Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment) score to describe organ dysfunction/failure. Intensive Care Med 22, 707–710 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01709751

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