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Aging and the ICU: Podcast with Lauren Ferrante and Julien Cobert

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When patients leave the hospital, the infection may be cured, but the patient and family will need to contend with a host of major new functional and cognitive deficits. Julien: He basically had an end of life care discussion with this patient. Severe sepsis is a syndrome marked by a severe infection that results in one organ failure.