Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
systemic inflammatory response syndrome Function:
noun : a severe systemic response to a condition (as trauma, an infection, or a burn) that provokes an acuteinflammatory reaction indicated by the presence of two or more of a group of symptoms including abnormally increased or decreased body temperature, heart rate greater than 90 beats per minute,respiratory rate greater than 20 breaths per minute or a reduced concentration of carbon dioxide in the arterial blood, and the white blood cell count greatly decreased or increased or consisting ofmore than ten percent immature neutrophils —abbreviation
SIRS
