Severe Sepsis Criteria | Septic Severity Score | Medical Algorithm

Are you evaluating a surgical patient in the intensive care unit with the sepsis syndrome?

Yes

Does the patient have ecchymoses?

Yes

seconds

Upper limit of reference range for PT

seconds

PTT

seconds

Upper limit of reference range for PTT

seconds

Platelet count

Is there laboratory evidence of DIC?

Yes

PaO2

Serum LDH

Upper limit of reference range for serum LDH

Serum SGOT (AST)

Upper limit of reference range for serum AGOT (AST)

Serum bilirubin

Serum creatinine

Urine output

mL per hour

Is the patient bleeding from erosive gastritis?

Yes

Does the patient have mesenteric venous thrombosis?

Yes

Select an appropriate answer for each finding

Breathing

Blood pressure

Ileus

Neurologic function

Results

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Results Interpretation and Description References Next Steps

Data complete?

Evaluation appropriate?

Septic severity score

Estimated length of hospital stay if survivor (in 1983)

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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
- Quick SOFA (qSOFA) Score
Criteria For Diagnosis
Severity, Prognosis, Stage

Therapy

Selection
- Using a Short ACTH Stimulation Test to Identify Patients with Septic Shock Who Have Relative Adrenocortical Insufficiency
- Dopamine-Resistant Septic Shock
Pharmacogenetics
- Dopamine-Resistant Septic Shock
Failure Handling And Therapy Escalation

Monitoring

Disease Progression

Evaluation

Results

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Interpretation and Description

References

Next Steps in Evaluation

Diagnosis

Therapy

Monitoring

Specialty

Objective

ICD-10

Septic Severity Score (SSS)

Purpose: To use the Septic Severity Score to gauge the severity of sepsis in surgical intenstive care patients.

Evaluation

Results

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Interpretation and Description

References

Next Steps in Evaluation

Diagnosis

Therapy

Monitoring

Specialty

Objective

ICD-10