TY - JOUR AU - Marik, Paul E. AU - Taeb, Abdalsamih M. PY - 2017 TI - SIRS, qSOFA and new sepsis definition JF - Journal of Thoracic Disease; Vol 9, No 4 (April 25, 2017): Journal of Thoracic Disease Y2 - 2017 KW - N2 - A 2016 task force convened by national societies including the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) proposed a new definition of sepsis, termed Sepsis-3 (1). The new proposal defines sepsis as life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection (1-3). UR - https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/12738