We can only hope! Thank you William E. Haik, M.D., F.C.C.P., C.D.I.P. AHIMA Approved ICD-10-CM/PCS Trainer Office: (850) 863-2110 Cell: (850) 803-5854 Fax: (850) 864-4438
> On Apr 3, 2015, at 12:54 PM, Mary Kay Bader <[email protected]> wrote: > > <image002.gif> > Hi > I attended the ISICEM meeting in Brussels 2 weeks ago. There were several > presentations on March 17 that reported on the march 12-14 International > Forum on Sepsis. The roundtable included experts from the international world > and focused on Reducing the Global Burden of Sepsis. Amongst the topics > presented – there was dialogue of creating a new definition of sepsis as well > as exploring the true validity (limited sensitivity , lack of face validity, > lack of construct validity, lack of predictive validity) of the SIRS > criteria. The analysis leads me to believe that the SIRS criterial will > more than likely be replaced by criteria from SOFA (ICU) and qSOFA (ED and > the floor). The three critical criteria mentioned on qSOFA were Respiratory > Rate, BP , and Mental Status changes. There is more to come but it was an > enlightening presentation. > > Mary Kay Bader RN, MSN, CCNS, FAHA, FNCS > Neuro/Critical Care CNS > Mission Hospital > > From: Sepsisgroups [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Jennifer L Halligan [SJGH] > Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2015 8:45 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Sepsis Groups] CMS Abstraction for Severe Sepsis/Septic Shock > PRESENTATION TIME > > Question to the group. I have been and currently still am abstracting TRIAGE > TIME for “time zero”. With the release of the new measure specification > manual/abstraction guidelines I want to clarify that I will still abstract > TRIAGE time as severe sepsis/septic shock PRESENTATION TIME even though ALL > the criterion may NOT be met yet at the time of triage, i.e. for severe > sepsis -1) documentation of suspected source of infection, 2) 2 SIRS > criteria, and 3) organ dysfunction? > > > Thank you, > Jennifer > > Jennifer Halligan, RN > Quality Review Nurse > San Joaquin General Hospital > Tel: 209-468-7471 > Fax: 209-468-7011 > > > Notice from St. Joseph Health System: > Please note that the information contained in this message may be privileged > and confidential and protected from disclosure. > _______________________________________________ > Sepsisgroups mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sepsisgroups.org/listinfo.cgi/sepsisgroups-sepsisgroups.org
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