New, Useful Criteria for Assessing the Evidence of Infection in Sepsis Research.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The Sepsis-3 definition states the clinical criteria for sepsis but lacks clear definitions of the underlying infection. To address the lack of applicable definitions of infection for sepsis research, we propose new criteria, termed the Linder-Mellhammar criteria of infection (LMCI). The aim of this study was to validate these new infection criteria.

Design

A multicenter cohort study of patients with suspected infection who were admitted to emergency departments or ICUs. Data were collected from medical records and from study investigators.

Setting

Four academic hospitals in Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Germany.

Patients

A total of 934 adult patients with suspected infection or suspected sepsis.

Interventions

None.

Measurements

SUBMITTER: Mellhammar L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9116943 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature