Table 1 Diagnostic features suggestive of sepsis

Fever

>38.3°C

Tachycardia

>120/minute

Systolic blood pressure

<90 mmHg

Procalcitonin

>0.5 ng/ml

Bandemia

>5%

Lymphocytopenia

<0.5 × 10³ ul

or neurophil/lymphocyte ratio

>10

Thrombocytopenia

<150 × 10³ ul

Lactate

>2.0 meq/l