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Table 1 Canine SIRS criteria. In order to be considered to have SIRS, a patient was required to meet 2 of the 4 criteria represented in the table as described in [16]

From: The effect of short term peripheral parenteral nutrition on treatment outcomes and mortality in critically ill pediatric canine patients

Criteria

Value

Temperature (C°)

< 37.78 or >  40

Heart rate (beats/min)

> 140

Respiratory rate (breaths/min)

>  40

WBC count (WBC × 103/L)

< 6 or > 19