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Open Access 01-12-2018 | Review

Raising concerns about the Sepsis-3 definitions

Authors: Massimo Sartelli, Yoram Kluger, Luca Ansaloni, Timothy C. Hardcastle, Jordi Rello, Richard R. Watkins, Matteo Bassetti, Eleni Giamarellou, Federico Coccolini, Fikri M. Abu-Zidan, Abdulrashid K. Adesunkanmi, Goran Augustin, Gian L. Baiocchi, Miklosh Bala, Oussema Baraket, Marcelo A. Beltran, Asri Che Jusoh, Zaza Demetrashvili, Belinda De Simone, Hamilton P. de Souza, Yunfeng Cui, R. Justin Davies, Sameer Dhingra, Jose J. Diaz, Salomone Di Saverio, Agron Dogjani, Mutasim M. Elmangory, Mushira A. Enani, Paula Ferrada, Gustavo P. Fraga, Sabrina Frattima, Wagih Ghnnam, Carlos A. Gomes, Souha S. Kanj, Aleksandar Karamarkovic, Jakub Kenig, Faryal Khamis, Vladimir Khokha, Kaoru Koike, Kenneth Y. Y. Kok, Arda Isik, Francesco M. Labricciosa, Rifat Latifi, Jae G. Lee, Andrey Litvin, Gustavo M. Machain, Ramiro Manzano-Nunez, Piotr Major, Sanjay Marwah, Michael McFarlane, Ziad A. Memish, Cristian Mesina, Ernest E. Moore, Frederick A. Moore, Noel Naidoo, Ionut Negoi, Richard Ofori-Asenso, Iyiade Olaoye, Carlos A. Ordoñez, Mouaqit Ouadii, Ciro Paolillo, Edoardo Picetti, Tadeja Pintar, Alfredo Ponce-de-Leon, Guntars Pupelis, Tarcisio Reis, Boris Sakakushev, Hossein Samadi Kafil, Norio Sato, Jay N. Shah, Boonying Siribumrungwong, Peep Talving, Cristian Tranà, Jan Ulrych, Kuo-Ching Yuan, Fausto Catena

Published in: World Journal of Emergency Surgery | Issue 1/2018

Abstract

The Global Alliance for Infections in Surgery appreciates the great effort of the task force who derived and validated the Sepsis-3 definitions and considers the new definitions an important step forward in the evolution of our understanding of sepsis. Nevertheless, more than a year after their publication, we have a few concerns regarding the use of the Sepsis-3 definitions.

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Title: Raising concerns about the Sepsis-3 definitions
Authors: Massimo Sartelli
Yoram Kluger
Luca Ansaloni
Timothy C. Hardcastle
Jordi Rello
Richard R. Watkins
Matteo Bassetti
Eleni Giamarellou
Federico Coccolini
Fikri M. Abu-Zidan
Abdulrashid K. Adesunkanmi
Goran Augustin
Gian L. Baiocchi
Miklosh Bala
Oussema Baraket
Marcelo A. Beltran
Asri Che Jusoh
Zaza Demetrashvili
Belinda De Simone
Hamilton P. de Souza
Yunfeng Cui
R. Justin Davies
Sameer Dhingra
Jose J. Diaz
Salomone Di Saverio
Agron Dogjani
Mutasim M. Elmangory
Mushira A. Enani
Paula Ferrada
Gustavo P. Fraga
Sabrina Frattima
Wagih Ghnnam
Carlos A. Gomes
Souha S. Kanj
Aleksandar Karamarkovic
Jakub Kenig
Faryal Khamis
Vladimir Khokha
Kaoru Koike
Kenneth Y. Y. Kok
Arda Isik
Francesco M. Labricciosa
Rifat Latifi
Jae G. Lee
Andrey Litvin
Gustavo M. Machain
Ramiro Manzano-Nunez
Piotr Major
Sanjay Marwah
Michael McFarlane
Ziad A. Memish
Cristian Mesina
Ernest E. Moore
Frederick A. Moore
Noel Naidoo
Ionut Negoi
Richard Ofori-Asenso
Iyiade Olaoye
Carlos A. Ordoñez
Mouaqit Ouadii
Ciro Paolillo
Edoardo Picetti
Tadeja Pintar
Alfredo Ponce-de-Leon
Guntars Pupelis
Tarcisio Reis
Boris Sakakushev
Hossein Samadi Kafil
Norio Sato
Jay N. Shah
Boonying Siribumrungwong
Peep Talving
Cristian Tranà
Jan Ulrych
Kuo-Ching Yuan
Fausto Catena
Publication date: 01-12-2018
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: World Journal of Emergency Surgery / Issue 1/2018
Electronic ISSN: 1749-7922
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13017-018-0165-6

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