Symptoms for Septic Shock/MODS?

[CBsMommy]

This textbook that I have does not explain the actual symptoms for septic shock versus MODS. Are they the same? This is for a 10 year old child...These are the symptoms/signs that I am coming up with....

1. Acute change in mental status.

2. Oliguria (renal).

3. Clinical evidence of bleeding.

4. Heart rate is too fast.

5. Fever

The things that I would want to watch out for are: the child's ventilation and oxygenation as well as check the child's electrolytes, glucose, BUN, creatinine, liver function, calcium, phosphorus and cardiac enzyme concentrations.

Am I on the right track or not so much? I've googled for the past hour and can't really seem to find the signs/symptoms for a child. Thanks for your help!

[Daytonite, BSN, RN]

I think you are right. Septic shock often leads to MODS when untreated.

[CBsMommy]

Thanks Daytonite!

[tlc2u]

Do a Google search for nursing textbooks. Here's how

-- Google

--top of page click the tiny drop down arrow and click books

-- click tiny words "Advanced Book Search"

-- 1st textbox type in - Septic Shock Symptoms child (also try Septic Shock Signs etc.)

Search:All books Limited preview and full view (click this)

Content:All content Books (click this)

Subject: Return books on subject: "Nursing" (type in nursing)

Top of the page click Google search.

http://www.duke.edu/~kek10/images/Sepsis%20Progressing%20to%20MODS.pdf

http://books.google.com/books?as_q=Septic+Shock+symptoms+child&num=10&lr=lang_en&as_brr=3&as_pt=BOOKS&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_brr=3&as_pt=BOOKS&lr=lang_en&as_vt=&as_auth=&as_pub=&as_sub=%22nursing%22&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_isbn=&as_issn=

Here are 2 sites but I am sure you can find more.