Sepsis-3 Study in Northeast Thailand

Exclusion Criteria

• •1. Infection is not suspected to be a primary cause of the current illness episode leading to the hospitalization. For example, community-acquired sepsis is considered to be due to stroke, cardiovascular diseases, acute myocardial infarction, cancer, burn, injury, and trauma.
• •2. Hospitalized at the study site for this current episode for more than 24 hours before enrollment.
• •3. Hospitalized for this current episode for more than 72 hours at another primary/referring hospital
• •4. Prior to this current episode, the patient was admitted to any hospital within the last 30 days.
• •5. Prior to enrolment, it is documented by the attending physician that hospital acquired infection is associated with the cause of sepsis.
• •Confirmed diagnosis by any method of an infection as a major cause of illnesses leading to hospitalization. For example, a patient who already has had a definite diagnosis of malarial infection by blood smear.
• •Clinical diagnosis of any specific disease or any specific syndromes such as acute infective diarrhea, acute pneumonia, acute encephalomyelitis and acute myocarditis.
• •Suspected of having both infectious and non-infectious diseases and infectious disease is a primary cause of illnesses (primary diagnosis) leading to the hospitalization. For example, acute pneumonia with stroke as an underlying disease, etc.
• •Patients who are admitted to other hospitals and referred to the study site. For example a referred patient who admit to the first hospital less than 24 hours prior to enrollment.