title: Chronic critical illness should be considered in long-term mortality study among critical illness patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
authors.forename: Qin
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Dong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Jianan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ren
mesh_terms: D016638:Critical Illness / Q000401:mortality*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009026:Mortality; D018805:Sepsis / Q000401:mortality*; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000401:mortality*