Systemic inflammatory response syndrome

**Systemic inflammatory response syndrome**
*Classification & external resources*
ICD-9	995.90

In medicine, systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) is an inflammatory state of the whole body (the "system") without a proven source of infection. It is a serious medical condition.

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Definition of SIRS

Criteria for SIRS were agreed in 1992.^[1] SIRS can be diagnosed when two or more of the following are present:^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Heart rate > 90 beats per minute
Body temperature < 36 or > 38°C
Tachypnea (high respiratory rate) > 20 breaths per minute or, on blood gas, a P_aCO₂ < 4.3 kPa (32 mm Hg)
White blood cell count < 4000 cells/mm³ or > 12000 cells/mm³ (< 4 x 10⁹ or > 12 x 10⁹ cells/L), or the presence of greater than 10% immature neutrophils.

Difference between SIRS and sepsis

SIRS with a suspected or proven infection is called sepsis.

Simply stated:

SIRS + infection = sepsis ^[2]^[3]

Complications of SIRS

SIRS can result in the multiple organ dysfunction syndrome.
Hypotension related to vessel dilation
Hypovolemic Shock

Causes of SIRS

Severe trauma
Surgery, complication of
Burns
Acute pancreatitis
Immunodeficiency (such as AIDS^[6])

Relation to cytokine storm

SIRS can be considered to be a subset of cytokine storm, a general term (not commonly used in clinical medicine) for cytokine dysregulation.

References

^ (1992) "American College of Chest Physicians/Society of Critical Care Medicine Consensus Conference: definitions for sepsis and organ failure and guidelines for the use of innovative therapies in sepsis". Crit. Care Med. 20 (6): 864-74. PMID 1597042.
^ ^a ^b Irwin RS, Cerra FB, Rippe JM. Irwin and Rippe's Intensive Care Medicine. 5th Ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Hagerstown, MD. 2003. ISBN 0-7817-1425-7. Publisher's information on the book.
^ ^a ^b Marino PL. The ICU Book. 2nd Ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Hagerstown, MD. 1998. ISBN 0-683-05565-8. Publisher's information on the book.
^ Sharma S, Steven M. Septic Shock. eMedicine.com, URL: http://www.emedicine.com/MED/topic2101.htm Accessed on Nov 20, 2005.
^ Tslotou AG, Sakorafas GH, Anagnostopoulos G, Bramis J. Septic shock; current pathogenetic concepts from a clinical perspective. Med Sci Monit. 2005 Mar;11(3):RA76-85. PMID 15735579. Full Text.
^ Santhanam S, Tolan RW. Sepsis. eMedicine.com, URL: http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic3033.htm Accessed on Mar 12, 2006.

Textbooks

Intensive Care Medicine by Irwin and Rippe
The ICU Book by Marino
Cecil Textbook of Medicine
The Oxford Textbook of Medicine
Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine

Categories: Intensive care medicine | Immune system disorders

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