Hyunsoon brings up a great point finding another unnecessary loophole. You are all doing incredible work trying to comply with very complicated, and unfortunately inherently flawed recommendations.
If the purpose of tracking and reporting compliance with sepsis measures is to improve the care for sepsis patients, than the patient described below has septic shock according to the definitions regardless of the interventions performed. While CMS may "exclude" this patient because inherent in their definition for shock is delivery of a set fluid amount, I would implore you all to not exclude these patients from your internal review and tracking. The presence of a disease state is completely independent of the recognition or treatment for that disease. The hypotensive septic shock patient who does not receive the appropriate fluid challenge is an opportunity to review and improve care delivery, not removed from the list and ignored. Along these same lines, in identifying the patient population, while CMS requires 2/4 SIRS criteria, no other recommendation exists requiring this (neither Surviving Sepsis Campaign nor Consensus Guidelines, Levy 2001, CCM) and yet according to SEP-1, patients without 2/4 SIRS criteria are excluded. If you haven't read the Kaukonen paper in NEJM (PMID 25776936), it is an important support for the need to include patient regardless of SIRS presence, but based on clinician assessment of infection presence. Ryan Sent from my iPad On Feb 5, 2016, at 7:26 PM, Hyunsoon Park <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: "Question 172: If the patient has severe sepsis and an initial lactate of 4.5 but does not receive any crystalloid fluids, would it still be "No" to Septic Shock Present due to not having any crystalloids given? Answer 172: Correct." If the patient has severe sepsis with initial lactate is >4, isn't that also categorized as septic shock? -----Original Message----- From: Sepsisgroups [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 05, 2016 12:08 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Sepsisgroups Digest, Vol 190, Issue 5 Send Sepsisgroups mailing list submissions to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__lists.sepsisgroups.org_listinfo.cgi_sepsisgroups-2Dsepsisgroups.org&d=AwICAg&c=PUnqOsCos0lYmbMtBbnNaXdHYubkuj3DpsbI90l9Eks&r=DABW1vPiprcyFbs5E3jbx_50WF6U5caTHUzeMSxN2vA&m=USI6-h8-4Kczxrvu95-vxyUmWYt5Emr5WAeofpwRriE&s=MZS41FCm2Qi0CmlYxm8ytOVRH3LmQje-8WdLxLh-zKE&e= or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> You can reach the person managing the list at [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Sepsisgroups digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Septic Shock Presentation Time (DHILLON, ROOPINDER) 2. Septic Shock presentation (DHILLON, ROOPINDER) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2016 13:19:56 +0000 From: "DHILLON, ROOPINDER" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> To: "'Miller, Nicole'" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>, "Belfi, Karen" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>, "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>, "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>, "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Cc: "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: Re: [Sepsis Groups] Septic Shock Presentation Time Message-ID: <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hi Nicole, In answer to your following question regarding the Septic shock time, it will be 0751, in other words the Septic Shock time will be same as Severe Sepsis time. Thank you. -----Original Message----- From: Sepsisgroups [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Miller, Nicole Sent: Monday, February 01, 2016 12:16 PM To: Belfi, Karen; [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>; [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>; [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Cc: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Sepsis Groups] Septic Shock Presentation Time Can I get some assistance on this presentation time for Severe Sepsis/Shock? Source of infection at 07:51 Two SIRS at 07:25 and 07:40 Organ dysfunction at 07:12 Severe Sepsis time=07:51---however, the organ dysfunction is a lactate of 5.1. Do I take the Septic Shock time as 07:51 since I can't say I have Septic Shock without a source of infection? Thank you! Nicole Miller, BSN, RN, CPHQ | PI Coordinator Edward-Elmhurst Healthcare | 801 South Washington, Naperville, IL 60540 (630) 527-5565 | HealthyDriven.com<http://healthydriven.com> This message is intended for the use of the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged and confidential, the disclosure of which is governed by applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this information is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the related message. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: E-EH System Patient Safety Work Product (PSWP). For use by authorized individuals only. DO NOT COPY or DO NOT DISSEMINATE. -----Original Message----- From: Sepsisgroups [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Belfi, Karen Sent: Friday, January 29, 2016 5:16 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>; [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>; [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Cc: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Sepsis Groups] Septic Shock Presentation Time This is contradictory to everything they stated in both the power point and the Q&A. From the Q&A: Question 61: If lactate is >4 and no crystalloid fluids are administered, do you answer ?Yes? or ?No? for Septic Shock present? Answer 61: The Septic Shock Present data element's Notes for Abstraction indicates that if crystalloid fluids were not administered after the presentation date and time of severe sepsis, to choose Value "2 (No)." Question 145: If initial lactate is >4, but no crystalloid fluids are given during the 6 hours after severe sepsis, do we answer "No" to septic shock? Answer 145: Not necessarily. You would select "No" for Septic Shock Present if no crystalloid fluids were given at all after presentation of severe sepsis. There is no time frame after severe sepsis presentation associated with this. If fluids were not given within 6 hours following presentation of severe sepsis but were given after 6 hours, then you would select "Yes." This is an all-or-none point for crystalloid fluids. Question 172: If the patient has severe sepsis and an initial lactate of 4.5 but does not receive any crystalloid fluids, would it still be "No" to Septic Shock Present due to not having any crystalloids given? Answer 172: Correct. This was from the transcript of the CMS presentation on October 26 (page 27): Now please note, in the septic shock present data element, there is a bullet point in the note for abstraction indicating that if crystalloid fluids were not administered after severe sepsis presentation date and time, that you would select allowable value 2 for septic shock present, which is equivalent to No. For purposes of SEP-1 measure, at this point in time, regardless of how septic shock is identified, if no crystalloid fluids were given after severe sepsis presentation, you will select allowable value 2, which is No, for septic shock present. Karen Belfi, RN, MSN Quality Outcomes Coordinator Lankenau Medical Center 484-476-8092 Pager: 5240 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 4:04 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>; [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>; Belfi, Karen Cc: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: RE: [Sepsis Groups] Septic Shock Presentation Time I sent the question regarding fluids and septic shock presentation to CMS and this is the response I received in November: Gena, There are three ways to determine if Septic Shock is present. 1. Severe Sepsis present AND Hypotension persists in the hour after crystalloid fluid administration 2. Severe Sepsis present AND Initial Lactate level >= 4mmol/L 3. Physician documentation of septic shock For #2 - Crystalloid fluid administration is not required to determine whether the patient has septic shock if using the presence of severe sepsis and the lactate level to determine. Thanks, Gena Henriques, MSN, RN Quality Review Coordinator - Sepsis Tulane Medical Center 1415 Tulane Ave. New Orleans, LA 70112 Phone: 504-988-3195 Think Sepsis: Save A Life This email and any files transmitted with it may contain PRIVILEGED or CONFIDENTIAL information and may be read or used only by the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient of the email or any of its attachments, please be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, distribution, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email or any attached files is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please immediately purge it and all attachments and notify the sender by reply email or contact the sender at the number listed. -----Original Message----- From: Sepsisgroups [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Cobb, Amy L. Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 5:45 AM To: Townsend, Sean, M.D.; Belfi, Karen Cc: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [Sepsis Groups] Septic Shock Presentation Time Has something changed in the Spec Manual since the v5.0b came out? This is copied and pasted from the manual: *If criteria for Septic Shock are not met, but there is physician/APN/PA documentation of Septic Shock, choose Value ?1.? Allowable Values: 1 (Yes) There is documentation of Septic Shock 2 (No) There is no documentation of Septic Shock, or unable to determine Dr. Townsend, can you clarify this if physician documentation is not enough and let us know if this was changed/updated? Thank you Amy Cobb RN, BSN Sepsis Coordinator Research Outcomes Morton Plant Hospital MS #73 300 Pinellas St. Clearwater, FL 33756 727-298-6953 (Desk) 727-462-3638 (Fax) [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> -----Original Message----- From: Sepsisgroups [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Townsend, Sean, M.D. Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 4:12 PM To: Belfi, Karen Cc: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Sepsis Groups] Septic Shock Presentation Time I don't see criteria met at 10:47. MD say so is not enough. On Jan 25, 2016, at 1:02 PM, Belfi, Karen <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]><mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: 10:47 would be septic shock time. It?s the earliest time criteria is met. Karen Belfi, RN, MSN Quality Outcomes Coordinator Lankenau Medical Center 484-476-8092 Pager: 5240 <image001.png> From: Sepsisgroups [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]><mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2016 9:15 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]><mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [Sepsis Groups] Septic Shock Presentation Time Clinical criteria for severe sepsis is met at 1002. Crystalloid bolus completed at 1247. SBP=79 @ 1300. SBP=87 @1330. Initial lactic acid =4.0 resulted at 1126. ED physician note started at 1047 containing documentation of possible septic shock. Would septic shock presentation time be 1047, 1126 or 1300? 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Federal regulation (42 CFR Part 2) and Ohio Revised Code section 5122.31 and 3701.243 prohibit disclosure of this information without the specific written consent of the person to whom it pertains, or as otherwise permitted by law. ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2016 15:04:00 +0000 From: "DHILLON, ROOPINDER" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> To: "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: [Sepsis Groups] Septic Shock presentation Message-ID: <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Please see the following scenario... The Patient had severe sepsis based on the following... Source of infection, SIRs and Organ dysfunction (Hypotensive with Systolic 75). No initial lactate was done and the Crystalloid fluid administered was <30 ml/kg. 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