Fig. 1From: Evaluation of systemic inflammatory response syndrome-negative sepsis from a Chinese regional pediatric networkDistribution of patients and groups analyzed in the Huai’an Sepsis Study. Patients initially presented as systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS)-negative sepsis (SNS), or modified Angus criteria for sepsis definition (severe infection with tissue hypoperfusion or organ dysfunction, but with fewer than two criteria of conventional criteria for SIRS), S (sepsis, equal to or more than two SIRS criteria), and severe sepsis (SS, sepsis with acute respiratory distress syndrome, cardiovascular organ dysfunction, or two or more other acute organ dysfunctions), according to the worst sepsis stage reached during hospitalizationBack to article page