![]() ![]() Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome (MODS) Patients who are receiving inotropic or vasopressor agents may not be hypotensive at the time that perfusion abnormalities are measured.Ī systolic blood pressure 40 mm Hg from baseline in the absence of other causes for hypotension.Ī systolic blood pressure reading more than 2 SD below the mean for the age. Sepsis-induced hypotension despite fluid resuscitation along with the presence of perfusion abnormalities that may include, but are not limited to, lactic acidosis, oliguria, or an acute alteration in mental status. Hypoperfusion and perfusion abnormalities may include, but are not limited to, lactic acidosis, oliguria, or an acute alteration in mental status. Sepsis associated with organ dysfunction, hypoperfusion, or hypotension. ![]() Septicemia or localized infection with positive blood or organ cultures (for example septicemia, meningitis, pulmonary abscess, etc.). Positive culture of blood obtained in the presence of clinical signs of septicemia, occurring after 72 hours.Ĭlinical presentation of septicemia or localized infection without positive cultures during life or on autopsy. Positive blood culture drawn within the first 72 hours. The systemic response to infection manifested by 2 or more of the following: Temperature >38☌ or 2 SD above age normal respiratory rate >2 SD above age normal leukocyte count >12,000 cells/mm 3, 10% band forms.īacterial pathogen* was recovered from a blood culture and/or CSF culture obtained on day 1, 2, or 3 of life. The systemic response to infection manifested by 2 or more of the following conditions as a result of infection: temperature >38☌ or 90 beats per minute respiratory rate >20 breaths per minute or pCO 2 12,000/mm 3, 10% immature (band) forms. ![]() The response is manifested by 2 or more of the following: Temperature >38☌ or 2 SD above age normal respiratory rate >2 SD above age normal leukocyte count >12,000 cells/mm 3, 10% band forms. The systemic response to a variety of clinical insults (infection, trauma, and burns). The response is manifested by 2 or more of the following conditions: temperature >38☌ or 90 beats per minute respiratory rate >20 breaths per minute or pCO 2 12,000/mm 3, 10% immature (band) forms. The systemic inflammatory response to a variety of severe clinical insults. Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) Same definition as early onset septicemia. The presence of viable bacteria in the blood. Septicemia or localized infection with positive blood or organ cultures (for example, septicemia, meningitis, pulmonary abscess, etc.) Proven sepsis/infection (as a cause of death): Suspected sepsis/infection (as a cause of death):Ĭlinical presentation of septicemia or localized infection without positive cultures during life or on autopsy Positive culture of CSF or pathogens in brain tissue in the presence of compatible signs of meningitis or encephalitis Negative blood culture obtained (>72 hours) and treated with antibiotics for ≥5 days. Microbial phenomenon characterized by an inflammatory response to the presence of microorganisms or the invasion of normally sterile host tissue by those organisms.Ĭongenitally infected with any TORCH virus, infants born to mothers with untreated syphilis, and infants born to HIV positive mothers National Institute of Child Health and Human DevelopmentNeonatal Research Network Comparison of ACCP/SCCM Consensus Definitions for Adults and Adaptation for Children With Definitions Utilized by Neonatal Research NetworksĪCCP/SCCM Sepsis Terminology Adapted for Children ![]() The presence of other murmurs may assist in the differential diagnosis and indicate congenital heart disease. The murmur associated with a PDA is best heard at the upper left sternal border and is described as a machinery-like murmur. Sepsis-induced acidosis and hypoxemia can increase pulmonary artery pressure, prolonging the patency of the ductus arteriosus (PDA). Tachycardia may be absent in hypothermic infants. The newborn increases cardiac output primarily by increasing the heart rate, resulting in tachycardia. The newborn has limited capacity to increase stroke volume as a result of few contractile elements and poor innervation of the fetal myocardium. Therefore, in infants with sepsis, the shock state occurs long before hypotension. Infants maintain higher vascular tone than adults. In the absence of congenital heart disease, clinical signs of cardiovascular dysfunction are sensitive signs of sepsis (tachycardia, arrhythmia, poor perfusion). Note the rate, rhythm, presence, location character, and transmission of a murmur and the point of maximum impulse. ![]()
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