2001 sccm/esicm/accp/ats/sis international sepsis definitions conference
MM Levy, MP Fink, JC Marshall, E Abraham… - Critical care …, 2003 - journals.lww.com
Objective In 1991, the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) and the Society of
Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) convened a “Consensus Conference,” the goals of which
were “to provide a conceptual and a practical framework to define the systemic inflammatory
response to infection, which is a progressive injurious process that falls under the
generalized term 'sepsis' and includes sepsis-associated organ dysfunction as well.” The
general definitions introduced as a result of that conference have been widely used in …
Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) convened a “Consensus Conference,” the goals of which
were “to provide a conceptual and a practical framework to define the systemic inflammatory
response to infection, which is a progressive injurious process that falls under the
generalized term 'sepsis' and includes sepsis-associated organ dysfunction as well.” The
general definitions introduced as a result of that conference have been widely used in …