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Points and Pearls Excerpt

Sepsis is a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection.
Sepsis is the most expensive cause of hospitalization.
The systemic inflammatory respiratory syndrome (SIRS) criteria have poor sensitivity and specificity for identifying sepsis.
Sepsis-3 proposed a new bedside assessment tool called qSOFA (quick systemic organ failure assessment). qSOFA has 3 components: (1) respiratory rate > 22 breaths/min, (2) altered mental status, and (3) systemic blood pressure (SBP) ≤ 100 mm Hg. Having 2 or more criteria in the correct clinical setting is suggestive of sepsis.

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