Cavrić G, Nassabain K, Prkačin I, Hamp D Bartolek
Acta Med Croatica. 2015 Sep;69(3):125-34.
The prevalence of sepsis continues to increase, although, thanks to the efforts of the campaigns and the development of guidelines for sepsis treatment, the fatality rates have diminished, however, the sepsis total mortality is growing due to increased morbidity. Sepsis should be considered as an emergency almost similar to acute myocardial infarction. With regard to the high prevalence and high mortality rate, it is important to improve the definition of sepsis. This definition is also important in different researches, as well as in the application of the results in daily practice. In January 2014, at the 43rd Annual Congress of Society of Critical Care Medicine in San Francisco, the work on establishing a new definition of sepsis was started. New definition of sepsis probably would represent what is known today as severe sepsis. The new definition could probably be accomplished during 2015.
尽管由于各项活动的开展以及脓毒症治疗指南的制定，脓毒症的死亡率有所下降，但其患病率仍在持续上升。然而，由于发病率的增加，脓毒症的总死亡率仍在上升。脓毒症应被视为几乎与急性心肌梗死类似的急症。鉴于其高患病率和高死亡率，改进脓毒症的定义非常重要。这一定义在不同的研究以及将研究结果应用于日常实践中也很重要。2014年1月，在旧金山举行的第43届危重病医学会年会上，开始了关于建立脓毒症新定义的工作。脓毒症的新定义可能会代表如今所知的严重脓毒症。新定义可能会在2015年完成。
