Table 3.

Different criteria for sepsis

Consensus definitions	Criteria	Predictors
ABA Sepsis Criteria [59]	At least one or more of the following	1) Positive culture 2) Pathologic tissue source identified 3) Clinical response to antimicrobial agents
	AND at least three of the following predictors	1) Temperature >39 °C or <36.5 °C 2) Progressive tachycardia (>110 bpm) 3) Progressive tachypnoea 4) Thrombocytopenia 5) Hyperglycaemia 6) Inability to continue enteral feedings 24 hours
Mann-Salinas et al. Novel burn-specific sepsis predictors [60, 61]	Predictors	1) Tachycardia >130 bpm 2) MAP <60 mmHg 3) Base deficit <–6 mEq/l 4) Hypothermia <36 °C 5) Use of vasoactive medications 6) Hyperglycaemia >150 mg/dl
Sepsis-3 Consensus definition for sepsisa [15]	qSOFA score ≥ 2	1) Altered mental status (Glasgow Coma Scale <13) 2) Systolic blood pressure ≤100mmHg 3) Respiratory rate 22 ≥ breaths/min
	SOFA variables ≥ 2	1) PaO2/FiO2 ratio 2) Platelet count 3) Bilirubin 4) Mean arterial pressure 5) Glasgow Coma Scale 6) Vasopressor requirement 7) Serum creatinine or urine output
	Septic shock predictors (sepsis and both predictors)	1) Vasopressors required to maintain MAP >65mm Hg 2) Lactate >2 mmol/L (after adequate fluid resuscitation)

^aSuspected or documented infection and qSOFA ≥ 2 and/or SOFA ≥ 2 ABA American Burn Association, MAP mean arterial pressure, bpm beats per minute, SOFA Sequential Organ Failure Assessment, qSOFA quick SOFA, PaO₂ partial pressure of arterial oxygen, FiO₂ fraction of inspired oxygen