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* Vasopressors are required to maintain a mean blood pressure of above 65 mmHg, and: | * Vasopressors are required to maintain a mean blood pressure of above 65 mmHg, and: | ||
* The serum level of lactate is > 2.0 mM | * The serum level of lactate is > 2.0 mM | ||
A third term, "severe sepsis" was used until 2016, when the Sepsis-3 guideline revised the definition of sepsis. Sepsis-3 also included the deviation from using SIRS criteria to using SOFA criteria. | |||
== Etiology == | == Etiology == | ||