Criteria Diagnosis Sepsis in An Adult

Evaluation

Are you evaluating a patient over an 8 hour period?

Yes

Has the patient experienced shaking chills?

Yes

Body temperature

Respiratory rate

breaths per minute

Arterial PaCO2

mm Hg

Heart rate

beats per minute

Systolic blood pressure in the upper arm while supine

mm Hg

WBC count

Percent neutrophils in the differential count (enter from 0 to 100)

Percent bands in the differential count (enter from 0 to 100)

Platelet count

Has the patient undergone a surgical or invasive procedure during the preceding 48 hours?

Yes

Does the patient have an obvious primary septic site?

Yes

Results

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Results Interpretation and Description References Next Steps

Data complete?

Evaluation appropriate?

Number of findings suggesting sepsis

Does the patient meet the criteria for sepsis?

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Interpretation and Description

References

Next Steps in Evaluation

Diagnosis

Risk Factors
Clinical Diagnosis, Including Family History For Genetics
Laboratory Tests
Other Testing
- Decision Rule to Identify Patient Who Should Have a Blood Culture
Criteria For Diagnosis
- Score for Predicting Death in Patient with Suspected Sepsis in ED
- Complicated Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia Clinical Score
Severity, Prognosis, Stage
Complications
- Pitt Bacteremia Score of Paterson et al
- Prediction Rule for Bacteremia in Patient with Community Acquired Pneumonia
Differential Diagnosis And Mimics, Red Flags
- Criteria for Distinguishing True Bacteremia from Contaminated Blood Cultures

Monitoring

Disease Progression
- Sepsis Syndrome | Risk of Bacteremia

Specialty

Infectious Diseases

Objective

criteria for diagnosis

ICD-10

A40 - Streptococcal sepsis
A41 - Other sepsis
A49.9 - Bacterial infection, unspecified

Criteria for the Diagnosis of Sepsis in Adult

Purpose: To identify a patient with sepsis using the clinical criteria of Sprung et al.