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The sepsis syndromes in the emergency department

Author: N Shapiro

Published in: Critical Care | Special Issue 1/2004

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The ACCP/SCCM established uniform criteria for defining the sepsis syndromes: systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), sepsis, severe sepsis, and septic shock. Subsequent studies showed increasing mortality with each successive syndrome. The utility of these definitions and mortality rates are not known for an emergency department (ED) population. Furthermore, the mortality rates at 1 year have not been previously reported. …

Title: The sepsis syndromes in the emergency department
Author: N Shapiro
Publication date: 01-02-2004
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Critical Care / Issue Special Issue 1/2004
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/cc2747

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