Acute on chronic renal failure does meet criteria for severe sepsis - Thanks,
MARY ANN BARNES-DALY MS RN CCRN DC | Clinical Performance Improvement Consultant Quality & Clinical Effectiveness Team | Office of Patient Experience Sutter Health -2200 River Plaza Drive, Sacramento, CA 95833 Mobile 916.200.5604| [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 Gibbs, Katie Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2017 6:20 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [**External**] [Sepsis Groups] RENAL FAILURE WARNING: This email originated outside of the Sutter Health email system! DO NOT CLICK links if the sender is unknown and never provide your User ID or Password. Good morning, While reviewing a chart today, I have a patient that has acute on chronic renal failure. MD noted this a due to sepsis. She elevated her creatinine from baseline over 1 point. She does not have an elevated lactate. She does meet SIRS criteria. Would you abstract this as sepsis? Thanks for the help! Katie Gibbs, RN, BSN Quality Improvement Specialist Witham Health Services PH 765-485-8459 [cid:[email protected]] CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information in this e-mail, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information in any manner is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful.
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