Nu gäller sepsis-3 för definitioner och diagnostiska kriterier: De nya internationella begreppen ska användas i svensk sjukvård – bland annat ska »SIRS« och »svår sepsis« skrotas

Magnus Brink, Jonas Cronqvist, Anneli Fagerberg, Lisa Kurland, Pär Lindgren, Miklos Lipcsey, Mantas Okas, Johan Petersson

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Abstract

New definition of and diagnostic criteria for sepsis – Swedish use of Sepsis-3. A working group representing the Swedish Society for Infectious Diseases, the Swedish Society for Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, the Swedish Society for Emergency Medicine, and the Swedish Intensive Care Registry have reached consensus on how to adopt the new sepsis definition, Sepsis-3, in Sweden. The recommendation is to implement the new definitions and diagnostic criteria for sepsis and septic shock, but not the use of the new screening tool for sepsis, quick-SOFA, as it needs prospective validation and since it is not clear if quick-SOFA is more useful than the currently used general triage and early warning score systems. The group recommends the use of the sfollowing ICD-10 codes: R65.1 for sepsis and R57.2 for septic shock.

Original languageSwedish
Number of pages1
JournalLäkartidningen
Volume115
Issue number15
Publication statusPublished - 2018 Jan 1
Externally publishedYes

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy

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