Causes And Treatment Of Sepsis

‘Sepsis’, a lame man might hear of this word and have no clue or whatsoever of what this is – but in the real world it’s not something to be happy about and has been a major issue in the medical field. Sepsis is a complex condition which doesn’t have a specific definition, diagnosis or treatment but one thing the medical practitioners are specific of is the origin. Sepsis is from a Greek word called “Sepo” which means “decay” idiomatically known as “Blood poisoning” (Steen C., 2009). The medical

The term “sepsis” has been around since prehistoric times. Hippocrates presented the word sepsis 2400 years ago to represent a condition where an overwhelming infection leads to tissue breakdown with rotting, foul odour, and disease. The ancient Roman scholar and writer (116 BC–27 BC), Marcus Terentius Varro mentioned that “small creatures, invisible to the eye, fill the atmosphere, and breathed through the nose cause dangerous diseases.” In the early 1990s at a conference convened by the American

REVIEW OF LITRATURE The term “sepsis” has been around since prehistoric times. Hippocrates presented the word sepsis 2400 years ago to represent a condition where an overwhelming infection leads to tissue breakdown with rotting, foul odour, and disease. The ancient Roman scholar and writer (116 BC–27 BC), Marcus Terentius Varro mentioned that “small creatures, invisible to the eye, fill the atmosphere, and breathed through the nose cause dangerous diseases.” In the early 1990s at a conference convened

Sepsis, referred by many as “blood poisoning (a non-medical term)”, is a life-threatening condition that requires emergency intervention by medical and nursing staffs. It occurs when bacteria or their products or sometimes both reach the patient blood. Even though bacteria infections are the predominant causes of sepsis, it can have other causes such from fungal infections and any other types of infections. Once the patient has sepsis, suddenly they start displaying clinical cues to alert health

Sepsis is applied to an abnormal bodily condition when body reacts and function against itself under the condition of infection. In this state body starts to make injuries to its own organs and tissues. The symptoms of Sepsis may include physical as well as psychological signs which may include increased heart rate, increased breath rate, fever and psychological symptoms may include anxiety, confusion and depression in some cases. Sepsis is a highly dangerous condition and may lead to death in most

Bacteria can caused neonatal sepsis and can be dangerous to a newborn babies. Neonatal sepsis is a clinical condition of bacteremia described by systemic signs and symptoms of infection in the first month of newborn life. Bactria can transfer in several ways, such as during birth, pregnancy and from the new surrounding of environment after birth. Newborn infants are at much higher risk for getting sepsis than children or adult because of their immune system is not developed and they cannot fight

Capstone Part I: Immediate Sepsis Intervention in the Emergency Department NUR 4169C Applications in Evidence Based Practice for BSNs Professor Dr. Susan Poole, DNP, CNE by Jenny Cruz August 2018 Capstone Part I: Literature Review Introduction to Problem Sepsis is a condition of growing concern for nursing professionals, as the mortality rate has increased each year since its initial documentation in the early 1990s (Levy et al., 2012). Sepsis was first defined in 1991 as a systemic

1-800-MALPRACTICE Website Sepsis Sepsis is a life-threatening and potentially fatal condition caused by the body’s reaction to an infection. Sepsis occurs when chemicals normally released in the bloodstream to fight infection trigger inflammation throughout the body. This can result in damage to multiple organs, which can cause organ damage and, in some cases, death. According to information published by the Mayo Clinic, sepsis has three stages: sepsis, severe sepsis and septic shock. The mortality

Running Head: SEPSIS DETECTION AND TREATMENT Sepsis Early Detection and Treatment Steven H. Gregory Chamberlain College of Nursing March28, 2009 Sepsis Early Detection and Treatment Severe Sepsis affects 750,000 Americans and causes more than 200,000 deaths annually. Sepsis is a complex condition that results from an infectious process that represents the body's response to infection and involves systemic inflammatory and cellular events that result in altered circulation and coagulation

Introduction Sepsis is a critical condition caused by an overreacting immune response to an infection. Most of the time, such infection are caused by bacteria. When a person is being infected, chemicals are released into the bloodstream to fight off infection. This may result in multiples inflammation found within the body. Inflammation can trigger a cascade of event which may cause multiple organ damage, leading to multiple failure of organs where the body is unable to function normally. In worst