Objective In 2003, critical care and infectious disease experts representing 11 international
organizations developed management guidelines for severe sepsis and septic shock that …

Objective In 1991, the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) and the Society of
Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) convened a “Consensus Conference,” the goals of which were “…

Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is an inflammatory CNS syndrome distinct from multiple
sclerosis (MS) that is associated with serum aquaporin-4 immunoglobulin G antibodies (AQP4-IgG). …

Objective To provide an update to “Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines for Management
of Sepsis and Septic Shock: 2012”. Design A consensus committee of 55 international …

Objective: To provide an update to the “Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines for
Management of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock,” last published in 2008. Design: A consensus …

Objective: To provide an update to the original Surviving Sepsis Campaign clinical management
guidelines,“Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines for Management of Severe Sepsis …

Importance Definitions of sepsis and septic shock were last revised in 2001. Considerable
advances have since been made into the pathobiology (changes in organ function, …

Sepsis is life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to
infection (1). Sepsis and septic shock are major healthcare problems, impacting millions of …

Background The novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is
the cause of a rapidly spreading illness, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), affecting …

We report an improved draft nucleotide sequence of the 2.3-gigabase genome of maize, an
important crop plant and model for biological research. Over 32,000 genes were predicted, …