Current challenges in the management of sepsis in ICUs in resource-poor settings and suggestions for the future

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Year: 2017
Type: review
Volume: 43
Issue: 5
Pages: 612-624
Citations: 222
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                                    Marcus J. Schultz, 
                                
                                    Martin W. Dünser, 
                                
                                    Arjen M. Dondorp
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2017). 
                            Current challenges in the management of sepsis in ICUs in resource-poor settings and suggestions for the future. 
                            Intensive Care Medicine
                            , 43
                            (5)
                            , 612-624.
                            https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-017-4750-z
                        

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DOI: 10.1007/s00134-017-4750-z