Sepsis Definitions: The Search for Gold and What CMS Got Wrong

On October 1, 2015, the United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a core measure addressing the care of septic patients. These core measures are controversial among healthcare providers. This article will address that there is no gold standard definition for sepsis, sever...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Kalantari, Annahieta, Mallemat, Haney, Weingart, Scott D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2017
Materias:
Critical Care
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5576633/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28874949
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2017.4.32795
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Sumario:On October 1, 2015, the United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a core measure addressing the care of septic patients. These core measures are controversial among healthcare providers. This article will address that there is no gold standard definition for sepsis, severe sepsis or septic shock and the CMS-assigned definitions for severe sepsis and septic shock are premature and inconsistent with evidence-based definitions.

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