Table 5.
aSIRS, Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome. It is defined as 2 or more of the following variables: fever >38°C or <36°C, heart rate >90 beats per minute, respiratory rate >20 breaths per minute or PaCO2 level <32 mmHg, abnormal white blood cell count (>12,000 per μL or <4,000 per μL or >10% bands).