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REPORT Monday, February 22, 2016 The JAMA Report Video and Multimedia Assets are available at Please call: JAMA Media Relations with any questions: 312 464-5262 “UPDATED DEFINITIONS AND CLINICAL CRITERIA FOR RECOGNIZING LIFE-THREATENING SEPSIS AND SEPTIC SHOCK” TEASE RUNS: 05 doctors looking at slides on computer, nurse checking medication New criteria to help identify a life-threatening complication of infection…that’s next. JAMA 4018 TRT: 2:00 EMBARGO: 3:15 PM ET Monday, February 22, 2016 NOTE: SPECIAL EMBARGO DAY AND TIME INTRO: Sepsis is a common and potentially life-threatening manifestation of infection, affecting millions of patients worldwide. Sepsis can also be difficult to diagnose. A new study summarized the findings of an international group of experts who set out to update the previous definitions of sepsis. They also describe a more streamlined way to recognize patients with sepsis, so that treatment can be started more quickly. Catherine Dolf has more in this week’s JAMA Report. SOT/FULL Derek C. Angus, M.D., M.P.H., - University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Super@:01 Runs:04 “As soon as you get an infection, the body starts responding to infection.” SOT/FULL Christopher W. Seymour, M.D., M.Sc., - University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Super@:05 Runs:06 “Sepsis is when the body’s response to infection injures its own tissue and organs.” B-ROLL Dr. Seymour and Dr. Angus walking into lab, Dr. Seymour and Dr. Angus looking at slides of infections, graphic DOCTORS CHRISTOPHER SEYMOUR AND DEREK ANGUS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND CO-AUTHORS SUMMARIZED THE FINDINGS OF AN INTERNATIONAL TASK FORCE WHO UPDATED THE DEFINITIONS OF SEPSIS. IN A RELATED STUDY, THEY REVIEWED THE ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS OF MORE THAN 1 MILLION PATIENTS TO ASSESS THE USEFULNESS OF A CLINICAL SCORE KNOWN AS “SOFA”, USED TO IDENTIFY PATIENTS WITH SEPSIS. SOT/FULL Derek C. Angus, M.D., M.P.H., - University of Pittsburgh School of Me