title: The new international sepsis guidelines (Sepsis-3): the central message remains.
abstract: In February the international consensus definitions for sepsis and septic shock were updated to reflect current understanding of the syndrome. A new scoring system was also released (qSOFA) to aid early identification of organ dysfunction in sepsis.
authors.affiliation: Honorary Clinical Lecturer and Perioperative Medicine Fellow in the Department of Perioperative Medicine, Division of Surgery and Interventional Sciences, University College London and University College London Hospitals, London NW1 2BU.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Whittle
authors.affiliation: Honorary Senior Lecturer and Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine in the Department of Perioperative Medicine, Division of Surgery and Interventional Sciences, University College London and University College London Hospitals, London.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Walker
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D018805:Sepsis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index