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systemic inflammatory response syndrome
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systemic inflammatory response syndrome
A term that 'was developed to imply a clinical response arising from a nonspecific insult and includes two or more of the following. See Sepsis, Septic shock, Severe sepsis.
Systemic inflammatory responses
Temperature < 36ºC or > 38ºC
Heart rate > 90 beats/min
Respiratory rate pCO2 < 32 mm Hg or > 20 breaths/min
WBC count < 4 x 109 or > 12 x 109 or , or the presence of > 0.10 immature neutrophils


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The researchers tested for the presence of the DARC variation and evaluated patients' WBC counts from diagnosis and throughout the course of the disease.
The CBC should never be used to make the sole diagnosis; however, because nearly 11% of normal adults have an elevated WBC count and 13% have left shifts (Bohrn M, 2004:12).
 
 
 
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