Sirs and sepsis help

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Hi there i am a student nurse can any one explain to me the difference between systemic inflammatory response syndrome (sirs) and sepsis.

Are they the same

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Specializes in Peds Critical Care, Dialysis, General.

Please refer to your notes and your textbooks. The internet is also a good place to look.

We are here to support you, not do your homework. Doing your own research will be most beneficial to you in the future, but even more so to your future patients.

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i am fully aware of that thank you

and i have done my reading and i now know that SIRS + INFECTION = SEPSIS

I JUST WANTED TO VERIFY THAT

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP !!!!!

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and i now know that SIRS + INFECTION = SEPSIS

Wrong

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Specializes in SICU, Peds CVICU.

A) Wrong.

B) Rude.

Suck it up, do your homework. When you graduate, please don't apply to anywhere I'm working... I don't want to have to precept someone who can't be bothered to politely ask for needed help. (Not, "I can't be bothered" help)

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well Bone et al 1992 states that " SIRS response is by an infection in sepsis but can also be caused by any other major insult to the body,such as MI,acute pancreatitis or trauma.

SIRS IS the bodys response to a variety of insults i.e infection ,trauma , MI and is manifested by two or more of the following .(Dellinger et al ,2004)

  • hypotermia ,hypertermia / >38 or
  • tachycardia >90 BPM
  • tachypnoea .20 breaths per minute or PaCo2
  • high or low white cell count >12,000 or

Sepsis - this is a known or suspected infection accomanied by evidence of two or more or the SIRS criteria.(Robinson,2005)

Am i wrong then ????

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well Bone et al 1992 states that " SIRS response is by an infection in sepsis but can also be caused by any other major insult to the body,such as MI,acute pancreatitis or trauma.

SIRS IS the bodys response to a variety of insults i.e infection ,trauma , MI and is manifested by two or more of the following .(Dellinger et al ,2004)

  • hypotermia ,hypertermia / >38 or
  • tachycardia >90 BPM
  • tachypnoea .20 breaths per minute or PaCo2
  • high or low white cell count >12,000 or

Sepsis - this is a known or suspected infection accomanied by evidence of two or more or the SIRS criteria.(Robinson,2005)

Am i wrong then ????

what country are you posting from? or, at least what is your native language?

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Ireland and irish why you ask ????

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Ireland and irish why you ask ????

because hypertermia is not a common word in the usa....and i was curious......the first citation when i searched on it was croatian......lol......

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excessively-high body temperature with possibly serious health consequences.

baignades.sante.gouv.fr/editorial/en/lexique.html

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Specializes in LTC.

Still..awful testy..tsk tsk.

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excessively-high body temperature with possibly serious health consequences.

baignades.sante.gouv.fr/editorial/en/lexique.html

i figured it out, i thought you had misspelled it. therefore i looked it up......that's all.......

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