ALiEM Cards: Keeping the Sepsis Definitions and Criteria Straight

In 2015 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) adopted the Sepsis Bundle Project, which is a quality improvement project aimed at reducing sepsis mortality by increasing compliance with national guidelines. But the CMS definitions of sepsis, differ from those is prominent trials (ProCESS, ARISE, ProMISE), and have since diverged from the Surviving Sepsis Campaign definitions, which may be different from your hospital guidelines! Also what are the criteria for SIRS, SOFA, qSOFA?

The ALiEM Card on Sepsis Definitions will help you keep it all straight.