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A doctor used the term "septic shower" when talking with me about a patient and their presenting symptoms. She tried to explain it as:
Not "true sepsis" or bacteremia
The bodies reaction to the removal of some form of infection—incision a...
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Our Love/Hate Relationship with Gloves Began ... with Love
In the Summer of 1982, I began working the night shift as a new graduate nurse in the Emergency Department (ED) at my local, regional medical center. Since we started a lot of IVs, I soon...
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Infections responsible for sepsis can quickly lead to septic shock, causing multi-organ failure and death. According to the World Health Organization, sepsis accounted for nearly 20% of all worldwide deaths in 2017, including 2.9 million children und...
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If you haven't already read or heard about it, the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine have released a new document called Sepsis-3 otherwise known as the Third International Consensus Definitions for...
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The Need for Speed for Sepsis Care - Technology's Benefit for NursesThe impact sepsis has on U.S. healthcare can't be denied. As the leading cause of death in U.S. hospitals and the nation's third leading killer, sepsis kills 258,000 patients (Sepsis...
