title: The authors reply.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Disease Division, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Providence, RI; Cooper Health Systems, Camden, NJ; for the Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines Committee.
authors.forename: Steven M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Opal
authors.forename: R Phillip
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Dellinger
mesh_terms: D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D003422:Critical Care; D005260:Female; D006493:Heparin / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D054556:Venous Thromboembolism / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D006493:Heparin