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The original ACCP/SCCM criteria for the diagnosis of sepsis required the presence of known or suspected infection plus two or more SIRS criteria.

Climbing a flight of stairs can produce two SIRS criteria (tachypnea, tachycardia) in a normal sedentary individual. Thus, clinical studies of sepsis generally require at least three SIRS criteria plus known or suspected infection for entry.

Bone RC, Balk RA, Cerra FB, et al. Definitions for sepsis and organ failure and guidelines for the use of innovative therapies in sepsis. Chest. 1992;101:1644-55.