RT Book, Section
A1 Felner, Kevin
A1 Smith, Robert L.
A2 McKean, Sylvia C.
A2 Ross, John J.
A2 Dressler, Daniel D.
A2 Brotman, Daniel J.
A2 Ginsberg, Jeffrey S.
SR Print(0)
ID 56204065
T1 Chapter 138. Sepsis
T2 Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine
YR 2012
FD 2012
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-160389-8
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56204065
RD 2024/04/16
AB What  is  the  definition  of  systemic  inflammatory  response  syndrome  (SIRS)  and  how  do  you  differentiate  SIRS  from  sepsis,  severe  sepsis,  and  septic  shock?Which  patients  presenting  with  sepsis  need  admission  to  the  intensive  care  unit  (ICU)?Which  septic  patients  need  invasive  monitoring  (arterial  catheter,  central  venous  catheter)?What  interventions  in  the  treatment  of  sepsis  improve  mortality?Which  septic  patients  deserve  empiric  steroids  as  part  of  the  therapeutic  regimen?