Does the patient present with any of the following:

High illness severity and low cardiac output present as evidenced by:
  • Low blood pressure despite vasoactive agents, elevated filling pressures
  • Elevated lactate (> 4 mmol/L)
  • Low mixed venous saturation (< 50%)
  • End organ dysfunction:
    • Renal (low urine output)
    • Liver (transaminitis, hypoglycemia, coagulopathy)
    • CNS (depressed mental state)