What Does Sirs Stand For

Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) is an exaggerated defense response of the body to a noxious stressor (infection, trauma, surgery, acute inflammation, ischemia or reperfusion, or malignancy, to name a few) to localize and then eliminate the endogenous or exogenous source of the insult.

What is SIRS in medical terms?

A serious condition in which there is inflammation throughout the whole body. It may be caused by a severe bacterial infection (sepsis), trauma, or pancreatitis. It is marked by fast heart rate, low blood pressure, low or high body temperature, and low or high white blood cell count.

How is SIRS different from sepsis?

Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) has been identified as relating to inflammation, while sepsis is a result of infection that has overwhelmed the body’s defenses.