… sepsis was defined as a microbial infection that produces fever (or hypothermia), tachycardia,
tachypnoea and blood leukocyte changes. Sepsis … Septic shock remains defined as sepsis …

… sepsis. In keeping with the common use of the terms, the previous categories of sepsis,
severe sepsis, and septic shock have now been changed to infection, sepsis, and septic shock. …

Sepsis and septic shock are syndromes of immense clinical importance. Suspected sepsis …
in the number of hospitalizations for sepsis and a 57% increase in hospital costs. 2 In 2013, …

… The optimum approach to treating established sepsis has … from sepsis, a substantial
reduction in the burden of sepsis-… knowledge on epidemiology of sepsis and septic shock and …

… Sepsis results when the body’s response to infection causes life-threatening organ dysfunction.
Septic shock is sepsis that … Sepsis is a leading cause of death, morbidity, and expense, …

… In 1992, an international consensus panel defined sepsis as a systemic inflammatory
response to infection, noting that sepsis could arise in response to multiple infectious …

… Sepsis is defined as the systemic inflammatory response to infection. Sepsis is quite … in
20% of patients with sepsis and 60–80% of patients with septic shock. Early diagnosis and …

Infectious diseases have been a leading cause of death throughout the history of the human
race, but only recently have we begun to understand their effects on the body. Ancient …

… criteria and specific definitions for sepsis, severe sepsis, septic shock and multiple organ
dysfunction syndrome were all critical developments in the field of sepsis (see Figure 1 ). Since …

… sepsis is a systemic response to fight off pathogens (panel, figure 1). However, a consensus
on the definition of sepsis … , converting the infection to sepsis, severe sepsis, or septic shock. …