Septic shock

Meagan Moss Shock is defined as a state of collapse and failure or the cardiovascular system. The medical term of shock is hypoperfusion. While in the beginning of shock, the body tries to maintain homeostasis. As the stages of shock progress, the blood circulation slows and may eventually cease. Shock generally is most commonly associated with traumatic events but may also occur due to a medical event as well. If the symptoms of shock are not immediately taken care of, the patient will soon be

Distributive shock is caused by conditions producing direct arteriovenous shunting and is characterized by decreased SVR or increased venous capacitance because of the vasomotor dysfunction (Ren, 2017). The pathophysiology in distributive shock is the inadequate tissue perfusion caused by loss of the normal responses of vascular smooth muscle to vasoconstrictive agents coupled with a direct vasodilating effect (Lessnau, 2018). The clinical manifestations of distributive shock include low blood

Shock is a life-threatening condition with a variety of underlying causes. Shock is caused when the cells have a lack of adequate blood supply and are deprived of oxygen and nutrients. In cases of shock, blood is shunted from peripheral areas of the body to the vital organs. Hemorrhage and decreased blood volume are associated with some, but not all, types of shock. Adventitious lung sounds occur in the upper airway D) Heart and respiratory rates are elevated Ans: D Feedback: As sepsis

ASSIGNMENT # 1 1. Adam Smith, 77 years of age, is a male patient who was admitted from a nursing home to the intensive care unit with septic shock secondary to urosepsis. The patient has a Foley catheter in place from the nursing home with cloudy greenish, yellow-colored urine with sediments. The nurse removes the catheter after obtaining a urine culture and replaces it with a condom catheter attached to a drainage bag since the patient has a history of urinary and bowel incontinence. The patient

Toxic Shock Syndrome is a rare, potentially life-threatening, syndrome that was initially discovered and diagnosed in the 1970s. “It is characterized by high fever, rash, hypotension, multi organ failure (involving at least 3 or more organ systems), and desquamation of the skin, typically of the palms of the hands and soles of the feet, 1-2 weeks after the onset of acute illness. The clinical syndrome can also include severe myalgia, vomiting, diarrhea, headache, and nonfocal neurologic abnormalities

Case Study A 45 year old male was admitted to ICU following an exploratory laparotomy which showed a ruptured appendix and peritonitis. The procedure began as a laparoscopic cholecystectomy but the initial finding was pus throughout the peritoneal cavity and a normal gallbladder. An open exploratory laparotomy where a ruptured appendix was discovered which was removed and a washout was performed. The patient had a two day history of abdominal pain prior to his admission through A&E. He had no

response to bacteria in the blood. However, with sepsis the response is massive and the inflammation that occurs can cause a ripple effect of changes that may lead to damage of multiple organ systems, causing them to fail. “If sepsis progresses to septic shock, blood pressure will drop dramatically which, could possibly lead to death” (Carreno, 2016). Anyone can develop sepsis, but it 's most common and most dangerous in older adults or those with weakened immune systems. Therefore, it is very important

SECTION A Clinical Questions from Weeks 1-3 Mechanism of injury and neurotrauma 1. Identify, define and categorise three types of time criticality. 1. Actual: Vital signs If, at the time the vital signs survey is taken, the patient is in actual physiological distress, then the patient is considered ‘actual time critical’. Neonate First 28 days Infant 1-12 months Child 1-8 years Older child 9-12 years Adult >14 years Conscious state ALOC ALOC ALOC ALOC ALOC Respiratory rate 60 50 35 25 30 SpO2

Shock is a collapse of Circulatory function caused by severe injury, blood loss, or disease, and characterized by pallor sweating, weak pulse, and very low blood pressure .There are three basic types of shock. Cardiogenic Shock [includes tension pneumothorax, cardiac tamponede and pulmonary embolism] which is caused by the heart failing to pump as designed. Distributive shock [includes septic shock, neurogenic shock, anaphylactic shock and psychogenic shock] which is caused by poor vessel function

Sepsis: Early Detection and Implementation of Sepsis Resuscitation Bundle Introduction Sepsis is defined as the body’s inflammatory response to an infection and can quickly lead to multiple organ failure and death. Early, goal-directed therapy using the sepsis resuscitation bundle introduced in the “Surviving Sepsis Campaign” is the treatment used throughout the world for sepsis treatment (Winterbottom 2012, pp 247). There are approximately one million cases of sepsis in the United States