Revising definitions of sepsis.

The article discusses research on the use of systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) criteria in defining severe sepsis. It references a study by K. M. Kaukonen and colleagues, published in the "New England Journal of Medicine." Topics discussed include the emergence of sepsis as one of the most common causes of death in critically ill patients, how researchers redefined severe sepsis, and the definition of sepsis in the Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines published in 2013.