Point prevalence of general ward patients fulfilling criteria for systemic inflammatory response syndrome

The systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) is defined by abnormal temperature, heart rate, minute ventilation or white cell count and can be due to infectious or non‐infectious causes. In a single day, 23% of hospital ward patients fulfilled SIRS criteria. Patients with SIRS were more likely...

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Published in:	Internal medicine journal Vol. 46; no. 2; pp. 223 - 225
Main Authors:	Douglas, L., Casamento, A., Jones, D.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Melbourne Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd 01-02-2016
Subjects:	Aged Aged, 80 and over Female Hospital Units - trends Hospitalization - trends Humans Length of Stay - trends Male Middle Aged Prevalence Retrospective Studies sepsis SIRS Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome - diagnosis Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome - epidemiology SIRS sepsis
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Summary:	The systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) is defined by abnormal temperature, heart rate, minute ventilation or white cell count and can be due to infectious or non‐infectious causes. In a single day, 23% of hospital ward patients fulfilled SIRS criteria. Patients with SIRS were more likely to be under medical than surgical units. One‐third of the patients had evidence of infection. There was no association between SIRS criteria and increased mortality or hospital length of stay.
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ISSN:	1444-0903 1445-5994
DOI:	10.1111/imj.12968