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Published in final edited form as: J Burn Care Res. 2017 Sep-Oct;38(5):312–318. doi: 10.1097/BCR.0000000000000504

Table 1.

ABA Adult Sepsis Definition (3)

ABA Sepsis Criteria
Temperature >39° or <36.5°C Progressive tachycardia (>110 bpm) Progressive tachypnea Not ventilated: >25 bpm Ventilated: Minute ventilation >12 L/min Thrombocytopenia (<100,000/mcl ≥3 days after initial resuscitation) Hyperglycemia (in the absence of pre-existing diabetes mellitus) Untreated plasma glucose >200 mg/dl 7 units of insulin/hour intravenous drip Significant resistance to insulin (>25% increase in insulin requirements over 24 hours) Inability to continue enteral feedings >24 hours Abdominal distension Enteral feeding intolerance (residuals two times feeding rate) Uncontrollable diarrhea (>2500 mL/day)

ABA Sepsis Criteria

Temperature >39° or <36.5°C
Progressive tachycardia (>110 bpm)
Progressive tachypnea
- Not ventilated: >25 bpm
- Ventilated: Minute ventilation >12 L/min
Thrombocytopenia (<100,000/mcl ≥3 days after initial resuscitation)
Hyperglycemia (in the absence of pre-existing diabetes mellitus)
- Untreated plasma glucose >200 mg/dl
- 7 units of insulin/hour intravenous drip
- Significant resistance to insulin (>25% increase in insulin requirements over 24 hours)
Inability to continue enteral feedings >24 hours
- Abdominal distension
- Enteral feeding intolerance (residuals two times feeding rate)
- Uncontrollable diarrhea (>2500 mL/day)