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*What are the specific criteria to define severe sepsis?--[[User:Jpeterson|Jpeterson]] 08:42, 2018 December 3 (CST) | *What are the specific criteria to define severe sepsis?--[[User:Jpeterson|Jpeterson]] 08:42, 2018 December 3 (CST) | ||
*AG REPLY --- acute failure of one of more organs in the setting of infection, and presumably due to the infection. The official definition of this per the SEPSIS-3 guidelines is an acute increase in the SOFA score by 2 or more. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOFA_score. SOFA is made up scoring from 6 organs: pulmonary, coagulation, liver, CV, | *AG REPLY --- acute failure of one of more organs in the setting of infection, and presumably due to the infection. The official definition of this per the SEPSIS-3 guidelines is an acute increase in the SOFA score by 2 or more. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOFA_score. SOFA is made up scoring from 6 organs: pulmonary, coagulation, liver, CV, CNS and renal, as indicated below.}} | ||
*Do not code this if the patient qualifies as having '''[[Shock, septic]]'''. | *Do not code this if the patient qualifies as having '''[[Shock, septic]]'''. | ||