Pathophysiology
This is the body's extreme response to an infection. It is a life-threatening medical emergency.
What is sepsis?
The first intervention to treat hypotension in a patient with sepsis
What is starting 30mL/kg of intravenous crystalloid
This many people in the U.S develop sepsis each year.
What is about 1.7 million adults and more than 18,000 children?
Sepsis survivors are at higher risk for getting sepsis again.
True or False
What is true?
Name 3 examples of SIRS (Per CMS criteria)
A lab indicator for inadequate tissue perfusion
What is lactate?
This is the percentage of the nationwide mortality rate for sepsis.
What is 30-50%?
3 infection sites that are common sources for sepsis.
What are lungs, urinary tract, skin, GI tract?
Lines, drains, tubes are other options
Sepsis with end organ dysfunction
What is septic shock?
This is the target MAP for a patient with sepsis
What is greater than or equal to 65?
Sepsis mortality increases every hour by this much with treatment delay.
What is 8-9% per hour of delay?
The most common cause for urosepsis.
What is a Foley catheter?
The number one organ failure found in sepsis.
What is kidney failure?
This should be collected prior to antibiotic administration.
What are blood cultures?
This many adults and/or children who develop sepsis die during their hospitalization or are discharged to hospice.
What is at least 350,000 adults and more than 1,800 children?
Name at least 2 high risk conditions/risk factors for sepsis.
Age (over 65 or under 1), chemo/cancer, immunocompromised, diabetic, liver disease, kidney disease, recent surgery, invasive line, urinary catheter, current/recent hospitalization
Name the 3 stages of sepsis.
What is sepsis, severe sepsis, septic shock?
Initial lactic acid was over 2, the next lactic acid be drawn at this time.
What is within 6 hours of time zero or as soon as fluids are completed?
This is the number of sepsis cases globally each year.
What is approximately 49 million?
Between ______ of adult sepsis cases start in the hospital each year.
a. 5-10% b. 10-15% c. 25-30% d. 35-40%
What is 10-15%