title: The author replies.
authors.affiliation: Cooper Health Systems, Camden, NJ; for the Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines Committee.
authors.forename: R Phillip
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Dellinger
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*