Table 1.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria of DigiSep-trial

Inclusion criteria

Age ≥ 18 years

Informed consent

Sepsis or septic shock (with an onset ≤ 24 h)

Exclusion criteria

Age < 18 years

Refusal to give consent

Patient will probably be discharged from the ICU/IMC within the first 72 h following inclusion

Palliative treatment intent

Clinician is not committed to aggressive treatment

Death is deemed imminent and inevitable

Patients who had previously been included but are readmitted to the ICU/IMC during the same hospitalization will not be included a second time.

Abbreviations: ICU intensive care unit; IMC intermediate care unit