The purpose of this epidemiologic study is to describe with accuracy the reasons and causes of death in patients with septic shock during patients stay in intensive care units. All deceased patients with primary diagnosis of septic shock will be included in this survey and patients baseline characteristics as well as the clinical and data at the time of patient's death will be recorded.
The aim of this study is to assess the causes of death in patients with septic shock in French intensive care units. It is an epidemiologic and descriptive study .