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Sepsis - Diagnosis and Management
Life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection
SEPTIC SHOCK
Sepsis - Diagnosis ... to infection SEPTIC ... is a subset of sepsis ... Patients w/ septic ... of sepsis 2.
Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
Septic Arthritis ... beneficial in septic ... nongonococcal septic ... unable to rule out septic ... MetroHealth_EM #Septic
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical ... cause such as trauma ... or sepsis. ... source control if sepsis-associated ... #Management #CriticalCare
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
endocarditis w/ septic ... Persistent fever, positive ... infection (e.g. septic ... Endocarditis #checklist #criticalcare ... #diagnosis #management
Sepsis - Interventions that do / do not improve outcomes
Do:
- Have high index of suspicion and
Sepsis - Interventions ... source - Have a sepsis ... has bacterial sepsis ... for persistent septic ... Factors #Matter #EBM
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
accumulation of clinical ... Assessment • Clinical ... +++ (Plt, Hb), Hepatic ... of emergency, ICU ... #management #treatment
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
death Common Clinical ... Inflammatory: infectious (sepsis ... Classification #diagnosis ... #management #Overview ... #criticalcare #
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
death Common Clinical ... Inflammatory: infectious (sepsis ... Classification #diagnosis ... #management #Overview ... #criticalcare #