title: Response from the authors.
authors.affiliation: University of Kansas Hospital, Kansas City, KS, USA.
authors.forename: Chad M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Cannon
authors.forename: Christopher V
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Holthaus
authors.forename: Emanuel P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Rivers
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003422:Critical Care / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018805:Sepsis / Q000628:therapy*; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000628:therapy*; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000379:methods*