Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS): nonspecific inflammatory response, defined as at least two of the following four criteria (one of which must be either abnormal temper...
See “Risk Factors.”
Duration of illness before presentation
Abrupt onset of symp...
Rapid recognition of sepsis is critical.
Fluid resuscitation targeting cap refill ≤2 seconds, normalized BP for age, normal peripheral pulses, and urine output >1 mL/kg/h within 6 hou...
Admit all patients with suspected sepsis to the hospital; consider ICU admission.
Continuous BP monitoring for the development of refractory shoc...
Bateman SL, Seed PC. Procession to pediatric bacteremia and sepsis: covert operations and failures in diplomacy. Pediatrics. 2010;126(1):137–150. [View Abstract on OvidInsight...
995.91 Sepsis
995.90 Systemic inflammatory response syndrome, unspecified
995.92 Severe sepsis
785.52 Septic shock
038.42 Septicemia due to escherichia coli [E. coli]
771.81 Septicemia [sepsis] o...
Q: What are the early clinical signs of sepsis?
A: Vital sign changes such as tachycardia, tachypnea, along with respiratory distress/hypoxia and central nervous system alterations can be early sig...
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