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Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings
The peer-reviewed journal of Baylor Scott & White Health
Volume 32, 2019 - Issue 4
Original Research
Sepsis as the primary admitting diagnosis of transferred patients who died within 48 hours of arrival at a Central Texas hospital
James A. HallDepartment of Internal Medicine, Baylor Scott & White Medical Center and Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, Temple, Texas; Correspondence[email protected]
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, MShttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-9936-4597, Kendall PyeInternal Medicine, Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep and Environmental Medicine, Baylor Scott & White Research Institute, Temple, Texas; http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2993-7521
, MPHhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-2993-7521, , MD, , MD, Badri GiriVirginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke Memorial Hospital, Roanoke, Virginiahttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-9498-8085
, MDhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-9498-8085, Heath D. WhiteDepartment of Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine, Baylor Scott & White Medical Center and Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, Temple, Texas; http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1065-3681
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