This clarifies the time to use for the Organ Dysfunction related to respiratory 
failure - I just wanted to make sure I got it right!
Pam

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 Response Via Email (Noel Albritton)

03/28/2016 11:32 AM

Yes!  That is correct!

 Customer By Email (Pamela Anderson)

03/28/2016 11:15 AM

Thank you - it does help.  Just for my own clarification to make sure I got it 
right - we are to use the actual time of intubation or the initiation of 
BiPAP/CPAP for the Organ Dysfunction, as long as somewhere in the chart the 
MD/APN has documented "Acute Respiratory Failure", even if it's the next day or 
after.
Pam

Pamela Anderson, BSN, RN
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Interim Sepsis Coordinator
Loyola University Health System
Center for Clinical Excellence
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 Response Via Email (Noel Albritton)

03/28/2016 10:50 AM

Hi Pamela,

Thanks for the question.

The time of organ dysfunction evidenced by acute respiratory failure/new need 
for mechanical ventilation is the time ventilation is administered.  Therefore, 
per the documentation you provided organ dysfunction would be met at 06:30.

If suspected infection (PNA) and 2 SIRS criteria were documented at 06:00 and 
organ dysfunction was met at 06:30, Severe Sepsis time would be 06:30.

Hope this helps!

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 Customer By Web Form (Pamela Anderson)

03/01/2016 03:10 PM

The record indicates the patient was intubated at 06:30. The MD note is timed @ 
07:45, and he has documented "intubated for acute respiratory failure related 
to PNA". SIRS x2 and previous documentation of PNA is present at 06:00. Which 
time do I use for Severe Sepsis time of presentation?- the time the patient was 
intubated or the time of the documentation of "acute respiratory failure"? 
Thank you



 Question Reference #160301-000089

Escalation Level:

5 Business Days

Product Level 1:

Measures & Data Element Abstraction

Category Level 1:

Hospital Inpatient - Sepsis

Category Level 2:

Severe Sepsis Presentation Date and Time

Date Created:

03/01/2016 03:10 PM

Last Updated:

03/28/2016 11:32 AM

Status:

Solved

Discharge Period:

10/01/2015 - 06/30/2016




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