The new Sepsis and Septic Shock definitions were presented at the Society of Critical Care Medicine’s Critical Care Congress and were published online in JAMA.
- Sepsis should be defined as life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection
Septic Shock is sepsis and any of the following:
- Vasopressor requirement to maintain a mean arterial pressure > 65 mm Hg
- Serum lactate level greater than 2 mmol/L (>18 mg/dL) in the absence of hypovolemia.