NURSING 3PA2 Lecture 3: sepsis.
29 Apr 2016
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In ammation is an attempt by the body to eliminate injurious stimuli and promote healing. It is a non-speci c reaction to stimuli such as tissue damage or infective organisms. In ammation is normally a helpful process but sometimes it overreacts (or under- reacts which we will see can be the case late in the septic process) and causes harm in patients. Non-speci c: different types of insults will employ the same arsenal of protective cells and molecules. First large-scale study of sepsis in 2001. Canadian study, out of the more than 30500 patients hospitalized for sepsis, more than 9300 patients died in 2008-2009. There is a slight increase in sepsis, a slight decrease in non-severe sepsis, and a slight increase in severe sepsis. Costs related to sepsis hospitalizations are much higher than other illnesses. Canadian statistics say average length of stay is 12 days for sepsis as compared to 3 days for causes other than sepsis.
