Studies show that 15% of cases of severe sepsis and septic shock - defined as acute organ dysfunction due to infection - have 0 or 1 sign of SIRS, rather than the consensus-required 2 or more. These are often the elderly or immunosuppressed. In this context the difference between 38 and 38.3 degrees centigrade seems immaterial.
Ron Elkin, MD California Pacific Medical Center San Francisco On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 2:44 PM, Ron Daniels <[email protected]> wrote: > 38: Bone, 1992. 38.3: Levy, 2001. > > Same consensus group, 10 years, different lead authors. 38.3 is current. > > R > > Dr Ron Daniels > Chair: UK Sepsis Trust > CEO: Global Sepsis Alliance > > Sent on the move from my iPhone, excuse brevity! > > On 19 Feb 2014, at 15:40, "Seckel, Maureen" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Simple question. > > > > Why is SIRS criteria for Temperature written as 38 degrees for high in > some articles and medical calculators and 38.3 in others. Which really is > it? > > > > The SS Campaign guidelines and data base uses 38.3. > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Maureen A. Seckel, APN, ACNS-BC, CCNS, CCRN > CNS Medical Pulmonary Critical Care > > Sepsis Coordinator > Christiana Care Health System > 4755 Ogletown-Stanton Road > 3E29 > Newark, DE 19718 > Office 302 733-6023 > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sepsisgroups mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sepsisgroups.org/listinfo.cgi/sepsisgroups-sepsisgroups.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Sepsisgroups mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sepsisgroups.org/listinfo.cgi/sepsisgroups-sepsisgroups.org > >
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