Journal article
2001 SCCM/ESICM/ACCP/ATS/SIS International Sepsis Definitions Conference
Abstract
ObjectiveIn 1991, the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) and the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) convened a "Consensus Conference," the goals of which were to "provide a conceptual and a practical framework to define the systemic inflammatory response to infection, which is a progressive injurious process that falls under the generalized term 'sepsis' and includes sepsis-associated organ dysfunction as well. The general …
Authors
Levy MM; Fink MP; Marshall JC; Abraham E; Angus D; Cook D; Cohen J; Opal SM; Vincent J-L; Ramsay G
Journal
Intensive Care Medicine, Vol. 29, No. 4, pp. 530–538
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
4 2003
DOI
10.1007/s00134-003-1662-x
ISSN
0342-4642