Sepsis-3: What is the Meaning of a Definition?
JC Marshall - Critical care medicine, 2016 - journals.lww.com
2. In patients with known or suspected infection to identify those who are at increased risk of
developing life threatening organ dysfunction so that we might monitor them better or
intervene earlier; 3. To identify those patients with early organ dysfunction who are at an
increased risk of death, so that we might intervene to alter that trajectory; 4. To exclude those
patients who are at risk of life-threatening organ dysfunction for whom infection is not the
cause. Sepsis is a process that evolves over time, and varies in severity from one patient to …
developing life threatening organ dysfunction so that we might monitor them better or
intervene earlier; 3. To identify those patients with early organ dysfunction who are at an
increased risk of death, so that we might intervene to alter that trajectory; 4. To exclude those
patients who are at risk of life-threatening organ dysfunction for whom infection is not the
cause. Sepsis is a process that evolves over time, and varies in severity from one patient to …
