title: Severe sepsis and septic shock.
authors.affiliation: CRISMA (Clinical Research, Investigation, and Systems Modeling of Acute Illness) Center, Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA. angusdc@upmc.edu
authors.forename: Derek C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Angus
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: van der Poll
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D012151:Resuscitation; D012307:Risk Factors; D018805:Sepsis / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy