title: The diagnosis of sepsis revisited - a challenge for young medical scientists in the 21st century.
abstract: In 1991, a well-meaning consensus group of thought leaders derived a simple definition for sepsis which required the breach of only a few static thresholds. More than 20 years later, this simple definition has calcified to become the gold standard for sepsis protocols and research. Yet sepsis clearly comprises a complex, dynamic, and relational distortion of human life. Given the profound scope of the loss of life worldwide, there is a need to disengage from the simple concepts of the past. There is an acute need to develop 21st century approaches which engage sepsis in its true form, as a complex, dynamic, and relational pattern of death.
authors.affiliation: The Sleep and Breathing Research Institute, 1275 Olentangy RR, Columbus 43212, Ohio, USA. llynn@lyntekmedical.com.
authors.forename: Lawrence A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Lynn