emergency-medicine critical-care infectious-disease
SIRS Criteria and Sepsis Definition
Identifies systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) and sepsis. Two or more SIRS criteria with suspected infection = sepsis (Sepsis-2 definition).
References
Related
Curated clinical cross-links plus same-class fallbacks.
Calculators
Drugs
- Dapsone · Anti-inflammatory / Antimicrobial
- Doxycycline (Systemic — Ocular Rosacea / Blepharitis) · Tetracycline Antibiotic — Anti-inflammatory (Ocular Rosacea / MGD)
- Lidocaine (IV Infusion — Opioid-Sparing Analgesia) · Local Anaesthetic (IV Systemic — Opioid-Sparing / Anti-inflammatory)
- Methylprednisolone (Surgical — Anti-Inflammatory) · Corticosteroid (Systemic — IV)
- Dexamethasone (ICU / ARDS) · Systemic Corticosteroid
- Acitretin · Systemic retinoid (Vitamin A derivative)
Pathways
Decision support only — verify against MDCalc, NICE, or your local guideline before clinical use.