Medicine
M. Levy, M. Fink, J. Marshall, E. Abraham, D. Angus, Deborah J. Cook, Jonathan Cohen, S. Opal, J. Vincent, G. Ramsay, for the International Sepsis Definitions Conference
2003.3.28INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE
tlooto Summary
A hypothetical model for staging sepsis is presented, which, in the future, may better characterize the syndrome on the basis of predisposing factors and premorbid conditions, the nature of the underlying infection, the characteristics of the host response, and the extent of the resultant organ dysfunction.
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LEVY, M., et al. 2001 SCCM/ESICM/ACCP/ATS/SIS international sepsis definitions conference. INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE, 2003, 29: 530–538.