title: Authors' response.
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gando
mesh_terms: D004211:Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000592:standards*