Assessment of Clinical Criteria for Sepsis

The Third International Consensus Definitions Task Force defined sepsis as "life-threatening organ dysfunction due to a dysregulated host response to infection." The performance of clinical criteria for this sepsis definition is unknown.To evaluate the validity of clinical criteria to identify patients with suspected infection who are at risk of sepsis.Among 1.3 million electronic health record encounters from January 1, 2010, to December 31,...