[Diagnosis of sepsis, severe sepsis and septic shock].

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Consensual and precise definitions. Sepsis is composed of a suspected or documented infection associated with at least 2 SIRS criteria (systemic inflammatory response syndrome). Severe sepsis is sepsis with arterial hypotension and failure of one or several organs following the reduction in tIssue perfusion. Septic shock is a severe sepsis, the hypotension of which is refractory to volemic expansion. From an...

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