The Predisposition, Infection, Response and Organ Failure (Piro) Sepsis Classification System: Results of Hospital Mortality Using a Novel Concept and Methodological Approach

• Cristina Granja ,

  * E-mail: cristinagranja@hotmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Health Information and Decision Sciences, Faculty of Medicine of Porto, Porto, Portugal, CINTESIS - Center for Research in Health Technologies and Health Systems, Faculty of Medicine of Porto, Porto, Portugal

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• Pedro Póvoa,

  Affiliations Polyvalent Intensive Care Unit, São Francisco Xavier Hospital – CHLO, Lisbon, Portugal, CEDOC, Faculty of Medical Sciences, New University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

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• Cristina Lobo,

  Affiliation CINTESIS - Center for Research in Health Technologies and Health Systems, Faculty of Medicine of Porto, Porto, Portugal

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• Armando Teixeira-Pinto,

  Affiliations Department of Health Information and Decision Sciences, Faculty of Medicine of Porto, Porto, Portugal, CINTESIS - Center for Research in Health Technologies and Health Systems, Faculty of Medicine of Porto, Porto, Portugal, Screening and Test Evaluation Program, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

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• António Carneiro,

  Affiliation Intensive Care Unit, Hospital da Arrábida, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal

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• Altamiro Costa-Pereira

  Affiliations Department of Health Information and Decision Sciences, Faculty of Medicine of Porto, Porto, Portugal, CINTESIS - Center for Research in Health Technologies and Health Systems, Faculty of Medicine of Porto, Porto, Portugal

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