Systemic inflammatory response syndrome

Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS - english systemic inflammatory response syndrome ), the medical term is for a systemic inflammatory response of the organism, in this, regardless of where it was triggered, taking place equally throughout the body, while a local inflammatory response to a specific the body is limited.

Diagnostics

At least two of the following criteria must be met in order to make the diagnosis of SIRS can:

The combination of fever leukocytosis is the more common and suggests a reasonable to overreaction of the immune system close, while the combination of body temperature referred to < 36 ° C leukopenia, also known as cold SIRS, is rare and usually occurs in immune compromised.

If the SIRS caused by an infection, it is called sepsis.

Causes

Causes of SIRS can be: immunological, chemical reasons (eg acute pancreatitis), shock, burns, major surgery (especially surgery with extracorporeal circulation such as large heart operations or large wound areas ), severe trauma or various serious diseases (eg, necrotizing pancreatitis ).