… severe sepsis” to describe instances in which sepsis is complicated by acute organ
dysfunction, and they codified “septic shock” as sepsis complicated by either hypotension that …

… criteria and specific definitions for sepsis, severe sepsis, septic shock and multiple organ
dysfunction syndrome were all critical developments in the field of sepsis (see Figure 1 ). Since …

… sepsis and septic shock to facilitate patient enrollment in multicenter clinical trials of innovative
agents in the treatment of severe sepsis and septic shock.… severe sepsis and septic shock, …

… shock) helps to define the early goals of management. A key distinction should … sepsis and
severe sepsis/septic shock (SS/SS), the latter of which are the focus of the Surviving Sepsis …

… with the Barcelona Declaration to improve survival in severe sepsis, and phase III will be …
the clinician caring for a patient with severe sepsis or septic shock, but they are not applicable …

… is required to diagnose sepsis in this patient population … deterioration in sepsis to severe
sepsis and septic shock. … for death in patients with severe sepsis, however, many patients …

… groups: 1) those directly targeting severe sepsis; 2) those targeting general care of the
critically ill patient and considered high priority in severe sepsis; and 3) pediatric considerations. …

… failure and septic shock and for septic shock from bacteremic … in patients with severe sepsis
or septic shock of viral origin … a possible source of severe sepsis or septic shock, they should …

… , severe sepsis and septic shock are closely related. Septic shock can be viewed as severe
sepsis … Therefore, for the purposes of this review, the term severe sepsis/septic shock will be …

… simplified, removing any reference to severe sepsis. In keeping with the common … sepsis,
severe sepsis, and septic shock have now been changed to infection, sepsis, and septic shock. …