About the Authors
- Hector R. Wong
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* E-mail: hector.wong@cchmc.org
Affiliations Division of Critical Care Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
- Scott L. Weiss
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Affiliation The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- John S. Giuliano Jr
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
- Mark S. Wainwright
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Affiliation Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Natalie Z. Cvijanovich
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Affiliation Children's Hospital and Research Center Oakland, Oakland, California, United States of America
- Neal J. Thomas
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Affiliation Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Geoffrey L. Allen
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Affiliation Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
- Nick Anas
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Affiliation Children's Hospital of Orange County, Orange, California, United States of America
- Michael T. Bigham
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Affiliation Akron Children's Hospital, Akron, Ohio, United States of America
- Mark Hall
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Affiliation Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
- Robert J. Freishtat
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Affiliation Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC, United States of America
- Anita Sen
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Affiliation Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America
- Keith Meyer
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Affiliation Miami Children's Hospital, Miami, Florida, United States of America
- Paul A. Checchia
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Affiliation Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Thomas P. Shanley
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Affiliation CS Mott Children's Hospital at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
- Jeffrey Nowak
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Affiliation Children's Hospital and Clinics of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
- Michael Quasney
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Affiliation CS Mott Children's Hospital at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
- Arun Chopra
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Affiliation St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Julie C. Fitzgerald
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Affiliation The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Rainer Gedeit
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Affiliation Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Sharon Banschbach
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Affiliation Division of Critical Care Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
- Eileen Beckman
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Affiliation Division of Critical Care Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
- Patrick Lahni
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Affiliation Division of Critical Care Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
- Kimberly Hart
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Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
- Christopher J. Lindsell
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Affiliation Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Competing Interests
Dr. Wong and the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Research Foundation have submitted a provisional patent application for the stratification model. Dr. Lindsell is named as a co-inventor in this patent application. PCT/US2013/025233 (published 8/15/13 as WO 2013/119871), entitled “Biomarkers of Septic Shock”, filed 2/7/13 and claiming priority to U.S. Provisional application 61/595,996, filed 2/7/12. This patent does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The remaining authors have no competing interests to report.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HRW CJL. Performed the experiments: HRW SB EB PL CJL. Analyzed the data: HRW KH CJL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SLW JSG MW NZC NJT GLA NA MTB MH RJF AS KM PAC TPS JN MQ AC JCF RG. Wrote the paper: HRW CJL. Read and edited the manuscript and approved its final submission: HRW SLW JSG MW NZC NJT GLA NA MTB MH RJF AS KM PAC TPS JN MQ AC JCF RG SB EB PL KH CJL.