Leukocytosis is commensurate with SIRS – as you have identified, and as such must be combined with a source of, or suspicion of, an infection to be sepsis.
Thanks, MARY ANN BARNES-DALY RN BSN CCRN DC | Clinical Performance Improvement Consultant Sutter Health - Office of Patient Experience | 2200 River Plaza Drive, Sacramento, CA 95833 Mobile 916.200.5604| Office 916.286.6717 | [email protected] “You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” ~R. Buckminster Fuller From: Sepsisgroups [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Andre Vovan Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2015 12:51 PM To: Merwin, Courtney C. Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Sepsis Groups] source of infection I don't think Leukocytosis should be used. Specificity to too low. Andre Vovan MD MBA On Dec 23, 2015 12:16 PM, "Merwin, Courtney C." <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hello all… Would you consider leukocytosis as acceptable documentation of “infection or source of infection”? Thanks! Courtney Merwin Quality Management East Jefferson General Hospital 4200 Houma Blvd. Metairie, LA 70006 504-503-5968<tel:504-503-5968> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ________________________________ IMPORTANT NOTICE: This message and any included attachments are from East Jefferson General Hospital or its Affiliates, is for the intended addressee(s)only, and may include Protected Health (PHI) or other confidential information. If you are the intended recipient, you are obligated to maintain it in a secure and confidential manner and re-disclosure without additional consent or as permitted by law is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, use of this information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. Please promptly reply to the sender by email and delete this message from your computer. East Jefferson General Hospital greatly appreciates your cooperation. Please note that the information contained in this message and any files transmitted with it are privileged and confidential and are protected from disclosure under the law, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited and may subject you to criminal or civil penalties. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender by replying to the message and delete the material from any computer. Thank you, Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian and its Affiliates _______________________________________________ Sepsisgroups mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://lists.sepsisgroups.org/listinfo.cgi/sepsisgroups-sepsisgroups.org
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