Good evening Mitchell I was wondering if your stance on the sirs criteria defining sepsis has changed in regards to diagnosing sepsis in a patient with an underlying acute respiratory infection such as pneumonia and/or acute bronchitis with associated hypoxemia Specifically do you exclude tachycardia and tachypnea as part of the sirs criteria when they occur in a patient with the above conditions. Again thank you for your expert help and leadership in this area
William E. Haik, M.D., F.C.C.P., C.D.I.P. AHIMA Approved ICD-10-CM/PCS Trainer Office: (850) 863-2110 Cell: (850) 803-5854 Fax: (850) 864-4438 > On Jun 8, 2015, at 7:49 AM, Lori Harmon <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Colleagues, > > The Surviving Sepsis Campaign database has not as yet been modified for the > six hour bundle changes. We are reminded that the Campaign is international > and that changes in the U.S. are not necessarily reflective of practice in > other nations. The ESICM and SCCM leadership of the Campaign will be > assessing this matter in the early fall to determine what the next steps > might be. > > With best regards, > Lori > > Lori A. Harmon, RRT, MBA > Director, Quality > Society of Critical Care Medicine > 500 Midway Drive > Mount Prospect, IL 60056 > [email protected] > +1-847-493-6403 > > > > From: Sepsisgroups [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Clement, Joseph (DPH) > Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2015 3:24 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Sepsis Groups] SSC database and CMS/IQF > > Hello, > > If you use the SSC data collection tool for your sepsis data collection, is > that database consistent with the IQR requirements and can the same data be > use? We have not used the SSC tool historically but with this new requirement > I'm wondering if we should consider a switch. I've reviewed the website and > don't see a mention of this yet. > > Appreciate anybody's help, > > Joe > > Joseph Clement, MS, RN, CCNS > Clinical Nurse Specialist > San Francisco General Hospital > ph: 415206-6174 > pg: 415 327-0220 > _______________________________________________ > Sepsisgroups mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sepsisgroups.org/listinfo.cgi/sepsisgroups-sepsisgroups.org
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