The New Sepsis Definitions: Implications for Critical Care Practitioners

Ruth M Kleinpell¹, Christa A Schorr², Robert A Balk²

• ¹Ruth M. Kleinpell is director of the Center for Clinical Research and Scholarship, Rush University Medical Center, a professor at Rush University College of Nursing, and a nurse practitioner at Rush University Lincoln Park Urgent Care Center, Chicago, Illinois. Christa A. Schorr is a clinical nurse scientist at Cooper University Hospital and an associate professor of medicine at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, New Jersey. Robert A. Balk is the J. Bailey Carter, MD, Professor of Medicine, director of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, and associate chief medical officer for critical care, Rush Medical College and Rush University Medical Center, Chicago Illinois. ruth_m_kleinpell@rush.edu.+1