Nursing 4400A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Tachypnea, Creatinine, Foley Catheter
19 Dec 2017
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Mortality rate of 38% (cid:498)when detected early and treated aggressively, clients can be spared the ravages of sepsis(cid:499) dr. Leading cod in icu, 10th world wide. Reduce mortality from sepsis by 25% in 5 years: building awareness of sepsis. Increasing the use of appropriate treatment: educating healthcare professionals. Improving post-icu care: developing guidelines of care. Presence of infection together with systemic manifestations of infection (source: ssc) A systemic inflammatory response to the presence of infection (such as gram-positive or gram- negative bacteria, fungi, viruses, mycobacteria, or parasites) Can progress to circulatory systemic dysfunction, multiple organ failure, and death, sepsis is a. Like fever, sepsis is part of the normal immune response by the body to fight off foreign invaders. Endotoxin and/or gram positive cell wall products interact with inflammatory biochemical complex disease process that carries a high degree of morbidity and mortality.
