[SOMETHING ABOUT DEFINITION AND EPIDEMIOLOGY OF SEPSIS]

The prevalence of sepsis continues to increase, although, thanks to the efforts of the campaigns and the development of guidelines for sepsis treatment, the fatality rates have diminished, however, the sepsis total mortality is growing due to increased morbidity. Sepsis should be considered as an emergency almost similar to acute myocardial infarction. With regard to the high prevalence and high mortality rate, it is important to improve the definition of sepsis. This definition is also important in different researches, as well as in the application of the results in daily practice. In January 2014, at the 43rd Annual Congress of Society of Critical Care Medicine in San Francisco, the work on establishing a new definition of sepsis was started. New definition of sepsis probably would represent what is known today as severe sepsis. The new definition could probably be accomplished during 2015.