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Table 2 Prevalence and mortality rates of patients defined by 1992 ACCP/SCCM and 2003 SCCM/ESICM/ACCP/ATS/SIS sepsis definitions.

From: Different patient case mix by applying the 2003 SCCM/ESICM/ACCP/ATS/SIS sepsis definitions instead of the 1992 ACCP/SCCM sepsis definitions in surgical patients: a retrospective observational study

 

ACCP/SCCM 1992

SCCM/ESICM/ACCP/ATS/SIS 2003

Score

Number

Dead

Mortality(%)

Number

Dead

Mortality(%)

No infection, no SIRS

115

0

0

9

1

11

SIRS

184

7

4

137

5

4

Severe SIRS

97

7

7

191

4

2

SIRS shock

64

14

22

123

18

15

Total SIRS group

460

28

6

460

28

6

Infection, no sepsis

13

0

0

0

0

0

Sepsis

51

4

8

16

2

13

Severe sepsis

56

2

4

61

2

3

Septic shock

162

43

27

205

45

22

Total sepsis group

282

49

17

282

49

17

Total patients

742

77

10

742

77

10

  1. SIRS = systemic inflammatory response syndrome, ACCP/SCCM = American College of Chest Physicians/Society of Critical Care Medicine, SCCM/ESICM/ACCP/ATS/SIS = Society of Critical Care Medicine/European Society of Critical Care Medicine/American College of Chest Physicians/American Thoracic Society, Surgical Infection Society.
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