Sepsis or Severe Sepsis?
Is there a right thing, and how do we do it?
Steven Q Simpson, MD, FCCP, FACP
Professor of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care
University of Kansas
Disclosures
No commercial interests to disclose
Founder of Midwest Critical Care
Collaborative
Founder of the Kansas Sepsis Project
Participant 2016 update, Surviving Sepsis
Campaign Guidelines
Dissenting opinion on Sepsis-3 in CHEST
Kansas: Exemplar of Rural America
Objectives
1. Discuss definitions of sepsis and what they
mean
2. Discuss the role of Early Goal Directed
Therapy in sepsis
3. Discuss CMS measures and their role in
improving sepsis care
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Century Sepsis Teaching?
“as the physicians say it happens in hectic fever,
that in the beginning of the malady it is easy to
cure but difficult to detect, but in the course of
time, not having been either detected or treated in
the beginning, it becomes easy to detect but
difficult to cure”
Niccolò Machiavelli
The Prince – 1513 or 1532
What is Sepsis?
Life threatening organ dysfunction due
to a dysregulated host response to
infection
What is Sepsis?
Life threatening organ dysfunction due
to a dysregulated host response to
infection
Hospital Case
•72 y.o. man, 3 days post-op from ureteral stent
placement; Foley in place
• Nurse finds him with flank pain and fever,
mild confusion (previously oriented x 4)
•Hx of CAD, HTN
•Meds include terazosin, atorvastatin,
metoprolol
•BP 105/43, P 117, R 21, T 39.1o , SpO2 87%
•Exam: left CVA tenderness, BPH
ACCP/SCCM Consensus Definitions
• Infection
- Inflammatory response to
microorganisms, or
- Invasion of normally sterile
tissues
•Sepsis
– Infection plus
2 or more SIRS criteria
•
• Severe Sepsis
– Sepsis
– Organ dysfunction
- Systemic response to a variety of
processes
- 2 or more SIRS criteria
• Septic shock
– Sepsis
– Hypotension despite fluid
resuscitation
Systemic Inflammatory
Response Syndrome
(SIRS)
Bone RC et al. Chest. 1992;101:1644-55.
SIRS:
Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome
SIRS: nonspecific insult
≥ 2 of the following:
– Temperature
> 38o C or < 36o C
– HR > 90 beats/min
– Respirations > 20/min
– WBC > 12,000/µL,
< 4,000/µL, or >10%
immature neutrophils (bands)
•
SIRS
Adapted from: Bone RC et al. Chest. 1992;101:1644-55.
Opal SM et al. Crit Care Med. 2000;28:S81-2.
Acute Organ Dysfunction as the Hallmark of
Severe Sepsis
Altered
Consciousness
Confusion
Psychosis
Tachypnea
PaO2 <70 mm Hg
SaO2 <90%
PaO2/FiO2 < 300
T. Bilirubin
> 4 mg/dL
Lactic acidosis
Hypotension
SBP < 90
MAP < 65
Oliguria - < 20
mL/hr
Anuria
Creatinine
△ (>0.5 mg/dL)
↓Platelets (< 100k)
↑(INR>1.5, PTT>60 sec)
↑ D-dimer
Sepsis: What Are We Talking About?
Roger C. Bone, MD
•ICD-9: “septicemia”
•Positive blood cultures
•Multiple positive blood
cultures
•Positive blood cultures +
hypotension
•Syndrome: how shall we
define it?
The Third International Consensus Definitions
for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3)
Definition:
Sepsis is life threatening organ dysfunction
caused by a dysregulated host response to
infection
Drops the term “severe sepsis”
Drops the use of SIRS and infection + SIRS
The Third International Consensus Definitions
for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3)
Condition
Sepsis-2
Sepsis
Infection + SIRS
Severe Sepsis
Infection + SIRS +
organ dysfunction
Septic Shock
Infection +
Unresponsive
Hypotension*
Sepsis-3
Infection +
∆ SOFA ≥ 2
NON-EXISTENT
Infection +
Unresponsive
Hypotension* +
Serum Lactate > 2
mmol/L
*Hypotension that does not respond to volume infusion and requires
vasopressor administration
SOFA Score
1
2
3
4
< 300
< 200
With respiratory
support
< 100
with respiratory
support
MAP < 70 mm
Hg
Dopamine ≤ 5 or
dobutamine, any
dose
Dopamine > 5 or
epinephrine or
norepinephrine
≤ 0.1
Dopamine > 15
or epinephrine
or
norepinephrine
> 0.1
1.2 – 1.9
2.0 – 5.9
6.0 – 11.9
> 12.0
1.2 – 1.9
2.0 – 3.4
3.5 – 4.9 or
< 500 mL/24 hr
≥ 5.0 or
< 200 mL/24 hr
< 150
< 100
< 50
< 25
13 - 14
10 - 12
6-9
<6
Respiration
PaO2/FiO2
< 400
Cardiovascular
Hypotension
Liver
Bilirubin (mg/dL)
Renal
Creatinine (mg/dL)
or urine output
Coagulation
Platelets x 103/mm3
CNS
Glasgow Coma Scale
Quick SOFA
• Also known as qSOFA
• Any two of:
- Glasgow Coma Scale < 15
- Respiratory rate ≥ 22/min
- Systolic blood pressure ≤ 100 mm Hg
ROC Results
ROC Curves & Diagnostic
Accuracy
Sensitivity (True Positive Rate)
This is NOT the probability
Excellent of the OUTCOME, if the TEST is positive.
It is the probability that the TEST is positive in someone who had
the OUTCOME and negative in someone without it.
Fair-Good
i.e.
Worthless
This is NOT the probability of death if qSOFA or SIRS is positive.
It is the probability that qSOFA or SIRS was present in those who
died and not present in those who survived.
1 – specificity (False Positive Rate)
“SIRS is too non-specific”
“I make love to my wife and I get SIRS”
“Hopefully, more than once!”
Jean-Louis Vincent
Bayes’ Theorem
P(D|T) =
P(T|D)P(D)
P(T|D)P(D) + P(T|D’)P(D’)
Psepsis | SIRS ≅ PSIRS | sepsis x Psepsis in group
Bayes’ Theorem
Psepsis | SIRS ≅ PSIRS | sepsis x Psepsis in group
PSIRS
Likelihood Ratio / Fagan Nomogram
“The essence of the Bayesian approach is to provide a mathematical rule explaining
how you should change your existing beliefs in the light of new evidence.”
Post-test probability of a disease is
dependent on:
1. the pre-test probability of disease
2. characteristics of the test (likelihood
ratio)
LR + = sensitivity / (1 – specificity)
LR - = (1 – sensitivity) / specificity
Treatment threshold
Test threshold
Fagan TJ. N Engl J Med 1975;293:257.
Criticizing SIRS for being too
sensitive a test to diagnose sepsis
in all comers is like criticizing a
hammer for being the only tool in
your toolbox.
SEPSIS
Suspect
SIRS
Infection
SEPSIS
Suspect
qSOFA
Infection
Infection Syndromes
Pneumonia – cough, purulent sputum, pleuritic chest
pain, consolidation
Cellulitis – redness, tenderness, advancing margin
Pyelonephritis – flank pain, costophrenic angle
tenderness, urinary leukocytosis
Peritonitis – abdominal pain, ileus, rebound
tenderness, rigidity
Possible BSI from indwelling catheter
Hospital Case
•72 y.o. man, 3 days post-op from ureteral stent
placement; Foley in place
• Nurse finds him with flank pain and fever,
mild confusion (previously oriented x 4)
•Hx of CAD, HTN
•Meds include terazosin, atorvastatin,
metoprolol
•BP 105/43, P 117, R 21, T 39.1o , SpO2 87%
•Exam: left CVA tenderness, BPH
Early Goal Directed Therapy
Wanted Dead or Alive?
• Primary Endpoint: In hospital mortality; single center
• Secondary Endpoints:
- Resuscitation endpoints
- Organ dysfunctions
- Coagulation endpoints
- Healthcare resources
Rivers E, et al. N Engl J Med 345:1368 – 1377, 2001.
EGDT
Lactate
> 4 mmol/L
or
Septic Shock
NEJM 345:1368 – 77, 2001.
EGDT Initial Results
Rivers E, et al. N Engl J Med 345:1368 – 1377, 2001.
EGDT
NEJM 345:1368 – 77, 2001.
ProCESS
ProCESS
ARISE
ARISE
ProMISE
HOWEVER – I2 = 57%
SUBSTANTIAL HETEROGENEITY
Cut and Dried?
Rivers, et al.
ProCESS
ARISE
ProMISe
# per group
130, 130
445, 448, 458
792, 796
625, 626
Standard Rx
Mortality
46.5%
18.9%
18.8%
29.2%
EGDT
Mortality
30.5%
21.0%
18.6%
29.5%
APACHE II
20.4
20.7
15.8
18.0
ScvO2 %
48.6 ± 11.2
71 ± 13
72.7 ± 10.5
70 ± 12
ScvO2 > 70%
3, 3
222, 224, 229
346, 348
312, 313
Antibiotic
Time
92.4% in 6
hours
75% in 72
minutes
median 91
minutes
100% in 2.5
hours
Fluids Before
Randomizing
20-30 mL/kg,
if hypotensive
> 29 mL/kg
> 30 mL/kg
> 1.95 L in 2.5
hours
Rivers, et al.
ProCESS
ARISE
ProMISe
# per group
130, 130
445, 448, 458
792, 796
625, 626
Standard Rx
Mortality
46.5%
18.9%
18.8%
29.2%
EGDT
Mortality
30.5%
21.0%
18.6%
29.5%
APACHE II
20.4
20.7
15.8
18.0
ScvO2 %
48.6 ± 11.2
71 ± 13
72.7 ± 10.5
70 ± 12
ScvO2 > 70%
3, 3
222, 224, 229
346, 348
312, 313
Antibiotic
Time
92.4% in 6
hours
75% in 72
minutes
median 91
minutes
100% in 2.5
hours
Fluids Before
Randomizing
20-30 mL/kg,
if hypotensive
> 29 mL/kg
> 30 mL/kg
> 1.95 L in 2.5
hours
Rivers, et al.
ProCESS
ARISE
ProMISe
# per group
130, 130
445, 448, 458
792, 796
625, 626
Standard Rx
Mortality
46.5%
18.9%
18.8%
29.2%
EGDT
Mortality
30.5%
21.0%
18.6%
29.5%
APACHE II
20.4
20.7
15.8
18.0
ScvO2 %
48.6 ± 11.2
71 ± 13
72.7 ± 10.5
70 ± 12
ScvO2 > 70%
3, 3
222, 224, 229
346, 348
312, 313
Antibiotic
Time
92.4% in 6
hours
75% in 72
minutes
median 91
minutes
100% in 2.5
hours
Fluids Before
Randomizing
20-30 mL/kg,
if hypotensive
> 29 mL/kg
> 30 mL/kg
> 1.95 L in 2.5
hours
Rivers, et al.
ProCESS
ARISE
ProMISe
# per group
130, 130
445, 448, 458
792, 796
625, 626
Standard Rx
Mortality
46.5%
18.9%
18.8%
29.2%
EGDT
Mortality
30.5%
21.0%
18.6%
29.5%
APACHE II
20.4
20.7
15.8
18.0
ScvO2 %
48.6 ± 11.2
71 ± 13
72.7 ± 10.5
70 ± 12
ScvO2 > 70%
3, 3
222, 224, 229
346, 348
312, 313
Antibiotic
Time
92.4% in 6
hours
75% in 72
minutes
median 91
minutes
100% in 2.5
hours
Fluids Before
Randomizing
20-30 mL/kg,
if hypotensive
> 29 mL/kg
> 30 mL/kg
> 1.95 L in 2.5
hours
Two Concepts to Remember
Power of randomization
Properties of the normal distribution
Rivers, et al.
ProCESS
ARISE
ProMISe
# per group
130, 130
445, 448, 458
792, 796
625, 626
Standard Rx
Mortality
46.5%
18.9%
18.8%
29.2%
EGDT
Mortality
30.5%
21.0%
18.6%
29.5%
APACHE II
20.4
20.7
15.8
18.0
ScvO2 %
48.6 ± 11.2
71 ± 13
72.7 ± 10.5
70 ± 12
ScvO2 > 70%
3, 3
222, 224, 229
346, 348
312, 313
Antibiotic
Time
92.4% in 6
hours
75% in 72
minutes
median 91
minutes
100% in 2.5
hours
Fluids Before
Randomizing
20-30 mL/kg,
if hypotensive
> 29 mL/kg
> 30 mL/kg
> 1.95 L in 2.5
hours
Intention to Treat Analysis
Inclusion of all randomized patients in each
group
Helps overcome
– Protocol non-compliance
– Missing data
Not intended for
– Patients who already meet endpoint at inclusion
Perspect Clin Res. 2011 Jul-Sep; 2(3): 109–112.
Rivers, et al.
ProCESS
ARISE
ProMISe
# per group
130, 130
445, 448, 458
792, 796
625, 626
Standard Rx
Mortality
46.5%
18.9%
18.8%
29.2%
EGDT
Mortality
30.5%
21.0%
18.6%
29.5%
APACHE II
20.4
20.7
15.8
18.0
ScvO2 %
48.6 ± 11.2
71 ± 13
72.7 ± 10.5
70 ± 12
ScvO2 > 70%
3, 3
222, 224, 229
346, 348
312, 313
Antibiotic
Time
92.4% in 6
hours
75% in 72
minutes
median 91
minutes
100% in 2.5
hours
Fluids Before
Randomizing
20-30 mL/kg,
if hypotensive
> 29 mL/kg
> 30 mL/kg
> 1.95 L in 2.5
hours
Rivers, et al.
ProCESS
ARISE
ProMISe
# per group
130, 130
445, 448, 458
792, 796
625, 626
Standard Rx
Mortality
46.5%
18.9%
18.8%
29.2%
EGDT
Mortality
30.5%
21.0%
18.6%
29.5%
APACHE II
20.4
20.7
15.8
18.0
ScvO2 %
48.6 ± 11.2
71 ± 13
72.7 ± 10.5
70 ± 12
ScvO2 > 70%
3, 3
222, 224, 229
346, 348
312, 313
Antibiotic
Time
92.4% in 6
hours
75% in 72
minutes
median 91
minutes
100% in 2.5
hours
Fluids Before
Randomizing
20-30 mL/kg,
if
hypotensive
> 29 mL/kg
> 30 mL/kg
> 1.95 L in 2.5
hours
ProCESS, ARISE, ProMISe
• EGDT, as originally defined, applied to patients
who meet the original criteria, does not add
survival benefit in centers adept at sepsis
management when patients are identified early,
given antibiotics and fluid boluses early.
EGDT vs Control:
Benefit Depends on Control
Group Mortality
Benefit when
Control Mortality >35%
EGDT inferior to
Lactate/CVP directed
therapy
Remaining Scientific Questions
How important is low ScvO2 in determining
MORTALITY from septic shock?
Should all patients with septic shock be
assessed for low ScvO2? (this means central
access in all)
For patients who actually have low ScvO2, is
some form of systematic approach
desirable?
Time will tell!
CMS Measures
and
Quality Sepsis Care
“We’re from the Government
We’re here to help”
Surviving Sepsis Campaign Bundles
To be completed within 3 hours:
1. Measure serum lactate level
2. Obtain blood cultures prior to administration of
antibiotics (1C)
3. Administer broad spectrum antibiotics (1B, 1C)
4. Administer 30 mL/kg crystalloid for
hypotension or lactate ≥ 4 mmol/L
Surviving Sepsis Campaign Bundles
To be completed within 6 hours
1. Apply vasopressors (for hypotension that does not
respond to initial fluid resuscitation) to maintain a
mean arterial pressure (MAP) ≥ 65 mm Hg
2. In the event of persistent arterial hypotension despite
volume resuscitation (septic shock) or initial lactate ≥
4 mmol/L (36 mg/dL)
Measure central venous pressure (CVP)*
Measure central venous oxygen saturation (ScvO2)*
3. Re-measure lactate if initial lactate was elevated*
*Targets are: CVP 8 mm Hg, ScvO2 > 70%, lactate normal
CMS Core Measures: Simply Complicated
Within 3 hours of Presentation of
Severe Sepsis
1.
2.
3.
4.
Initial lactate level measurement
Broad spectrum antibiotics administered
Blood cultures drawn prior to antibiotics
Crystalloid fluid initiated
Did hypotension
persist after fluid
given?
YES, continue on
NO
Core Measure goals met, re-measure
lactate within 6hrs
Within 3 hours of Presentation of
Septic Shock
1. Resuscitation with 30ml/kg crystalloid fluids
2. Evaluate the need for vasopressors
After fluid resuscitation, but within 6
hours of Presentation of Septic Shock
Re-assessment of
volume status and tissue
perfusion
2 out of 4 from the
following:
A focused exam including
• Vital signs
• Cardiopulmonary exam
• Capillary refill evaluation
• Peripheral pulse evaluation
• Skin examination
Must be performed and
documented by a Physician,
ARNP, or PA
CVP
Bedside Cardio US
ScvO2
Passive Leg Raise or
Fluid Challenge
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