More challenges around sepsis: definitions and diagnosis.

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

1. Role of cell-free DNA levels in the diagnosis and prognosis of sepsis and bacteremia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2024
   Pooled it
2. Calprotectin as a Biomarker for Infectious Diseases: A Comparative Review with Conventional Inflammatory Markers.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
   Review
3. SepsisJournal of medical microbiology · 2025
   Review
4. Beyond the Horizon: A Comprehensive Review of Contemporary Strategies in Sepsis Management Encompassing Predictors, Diagnostic Tools, and Therapeutic Advances.Cureus · 2024
   Review
5. Sepsis survivors readmitted within 30 days: outcomes of a single-center retrospective study.Critical care science · 2024
   Article
6. Development of a dynamic prediction model for unplanned ICU admission and mortality in hospitalized patients.PLOS digital health · 2023
   Article
7. Sepsis scoring systems and use of the Sepsis six care bundle in maternity hospitals.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2021
   Observational
8. Evaluating antimicrobial appropriateness in a tertiary care pediatric ICU in Saudi Arabia: a retrospective cohort study.Antimicrobial resistance and infection control · 2020
   Article
9. Predicting Volume Responsiveness Among Sepsis Patients Using Clinical Data and Continuous Physiological Waveforms.AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium · 2020
   Article

Corrections and comments

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  AME evidence series 001-The Society for Translational Medicine: clinical practice guidelines for diagnosis and early identification of sepsis in the hospital.2016

Authors and funding

1 author.

Funding

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Abstract

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