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==Diagnosis==
* SIRS, severe sepsis, and septic shock are outdated concepts from the 1990s.
* Most recent guidelines from 2016 Surviving Sepsis
** Life threatening organ dysfunction due to systemic infection
** qSOFA or SOFA score are screening tools for organ dysfunction, NOT for sepsis
** [[Shock]]: Persistent hypotension, not responsive to fluids, requiring pressors to keep [[MAP]] > 65, and lactate > 2
* SIRS, severe sepsis, and septic shock are outdated concepts from the 1990s.
* Most recent guidelines from 2016 Surviving Sepsis
** Life threatening organ dysfunction due to systemic infection
** qSOFA or SOFA score are screening tools for organ dysfunction, NOT for sepsis
** [[Shock]]: Persistent hypotension, not responsive to fluids, requiring pressors to keep [[MAP]] > 65, and lactate > 2