Sepsis (incl. Meningitis)
Definition
- culture negative: at least one period of antibiotica during 5 or more consecutive calendar days (regardless of start and end time)
- proven: Clear clinical, radiological, or histological evidence of infection as well as at least one microbiologically relevant positive blood / liquor culture OR at least one microbiologically relevant positive confirmation of pathogen by PCR (new 2020) (if by PCR, add statement "(by PCR") to pathogen)
- date/day of onset: if informed consent received: date of onset of infection else: day of onset (date of onset – date of birth + 1) (Electronic import: use day of life)
- episodes: list dates and cultures for each episode (up to 3)
Details
Names (SQL, Symfony)
M_Sepsis, mSepsis
Type / Form Type
ordinal
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choice_radio
Min. value
1
Max. value
3
Year started
2000
Year ended
3000
Example value
3
Form label
Sepsis
Comments
new definition for sepsis suspect in 2017: culture negative sepsis
Value encoding
| Value | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 1 | absent |
| 2 | culture negative (min. 1 episode, >= 5 consecutive calender days antibiotica (independent of time of day)) |
| 3 | proven (culture positive) |