Open AccessNew Definition of Sepsis
Author(s) -
Fuzhou Wang
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
science insights
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2372-8191
pISSN - 2329-5856
DOI - 10.15354/si.13.lt005
Subject(s) - sepsis , intensive care medicine , organ dysfunction , septic shock , medicine , systemic inflammatory response syndrome , intensive care , critically ill , multiple organ dysfunction syndrome , shock (circulatory) , immunology
Sepsis or septic shock is one of the major causes of mortality in intensive care medicine. How to define and how to make an accurate diagnosis possess critical implications for patients and intensive caregivers. With the development of modern medical science, new challenges rose for how to re-define sepsis and also revision is needed. Should we add organ dysfunction to the diagnostic criteria of systemic inflammatory response syndrome, and whether are there early symptoms or signs of organ dysfunction need to be considered critically. May be the new definition of sepsis can save more lives.