Surviving sepsis

Special Article Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock: 2008 R. Phillip Dellinger, MD; Mitchell M. Levy, MD; Jean M. Carlet, MD; Julian Bion, MD; Margaret M. Parker, MD; Roman Jaeschke, MD; Konrad Reinhart, MD; Derek C. Angus, MD, MPH; Christian Brun-Buisson, MD; Richard Beale, MD; Thierry Calandra, MD, PhD; Jean-Francois Dhainaut, MD; Herwig Gerlach, MD; Maurene Harvey, RN; John J. Marini, MD; John Marshall, MD; Marco Ranieri, MD; Graham Ramsay, MD; Jonathan Sevransky, MD; B. Taylor Thompson, MD; Sean Townsend, MD; Jeffrey S. Vender, MD; Janice L. Zimmerman, MD; Jean-Louis Vincent, MD, PhD; for the International Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines Committee Objective: To provide an update to the original Surviving Sepsis Campaign clinical management guidelines, “Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines for Management of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock,” published in 2004. Design: Modified Delphi method with a consensus conference of 55 international experts, several subsequent meetings of subgroups and key individuals, teleconferences, and electronic-based discussion among subgroups and among the entire committee. This process was conducted independently of any industry funding. Methods: We used the Grades of Recommendation, Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) system to guide assessment of quality of evidence from high (A) to very low (D) and to determine the strength of recommendations. A…

Bacteremia e Sépsis A bacteremia é a presença de bactérias na corrente sangüínea. A sépsis é uma infecção na corrente sangüínea. Uma bacteremia muito discreta e temporária pode ocorrer quando a pessoa cerra firmemente a mandíbula porque as bactérias que vivem nas gengivas em torno dos dentes são forçadas a penetrar na corrente sangüínea. As bactérias freqüentemente penetram na corrente sangüínea a partir do intestino, mas elas são rapidamente removidas quando o sangue passa através do…

RBTI 2008:20:2:128-134 ARTIGO ORIGINAL Sepse na Unidade de Terapia Intensiva: Etiologias, Fatores Prognósticos e Mortalidade* Sepsis in the Intensive Care Unit: Etiologies, Prognostic Factors and Mortality Fernando Zanon1, Jairo José Caovilla2, Regina Schwerz Michel3, Estevan Vieira Cabeda3, Diego Francisco Ceretta3, Graziela Denardin Luckemeyer4, Cássia Beltrame4, Naiana Posenatto4 RESUMO JUSTIFICATIVA E OBJETIVOS: Sepse é a principal causa de morte em pacientes tratados em…

nursing care of patients with severe sepsis in the ICU during the period 2004-2008. The study materials were obtained in the databases Cinahl, Pubmed, Lilacs, and Scielo. Among the results, we highlight the nursing protocols reported and established that most of the time were functioning and organization of work, therapy beyond the best prognosis. Descriptors: intensive care unit, severe sepsis, nursing protocols ____________________________________________________________…

vasopressin and oxytocin gene expression during sepsis Gabriela Ravanelli Oliveira-Pelegrin, Fábio Alves Aguila, Paulo José Basso, Maria José Alves Rocha ∗ Departamento de Morfologia, Estomatologia e Fisiologia, Faculdade de Odontologia de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil article info Article history: Received 29 March 2010 Received in revised form 26 June 2010 Accepted 28 June 2010 Available online 16 July 2010 Keywords:…

Analysis of Knowledge among Emergency Medicine Physicians about Systemic Inflammatory Responses Syndrome (SIRS), Sepsis, Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock Definitions Criteria. Marcos Longo Pizzolatti1, Rachel Duarte Moritz2, Joel de Andrade3. SUMMARY BACKgRoUnD AnD oBJECTIVES: Knowledge regarding definition criteria of sepsis among physicians who work in emergency units has a central role in the management of such a condition because it allows early diagnosis, immediate treatment and…

fagocitárias e das proteínas de fase aguda vem promover direta ou indiretamente a ativação da coagulação, este fato vem justificando a utilização de anticoagulantes à exemplo da proteína C ativada na limitação do processo inflamatório atenuando o quadro de sepse severa. Sepsis, Inflammation, coagulation Sepsis reflects a systemic inflammatory response to an infection associate to a multiple and acute organ dysfunction. In the presence of systemic infection, immune response…

atendimento para sepse, sepse grave e choque séptico. Palavras chaves: sepse, unidade de terapia intensiva, pediatria, campanha, protocol. Abstract Sepsis has a high mortality rate in the world, mainly in the developing countries like Brazil, which the rate reaches 65.3%. The Surviving Sepsis Campaign was established and one of its goal is to reduce the high rates of morbidity and mortality . The aim of this study is to evaluate patients in the pediatric ICU with diagnosis of…

and clinical profile of patients admitted at an obstetrical ICU with diagnosis of puerperal pelvic sepsis in Northeastern Brazil Abstract Objectives: to describe the clinical and epidemiological profile of patients admitted with the diagnosis of puerperal sepsis of pelvic origin in an intensive care unit (ICU). Methods: a cross-sectional study, from February to August 2010 was conducted. Cases of puerperal sepsis from pelvic origin admitted to the ICU obstetric Institute of Integrative…

trazer benefícios reais a esses pacientes, reduzindo tanto a morbidade da doença sepse quanto a mortalidade relacionada à mesma. Eliézer Silva Jairo Bittencourt Othero Presidente do I Consenso Brasileiro de Sepse RBTI - Revista Brasileira Terapia Intensiva RBTI Epidemiologia Epidemiology Eliézer Silva 1, Cleovaldo Pinheiro 2, Vito Michels Júnior 3. SUMMARY This document reports the results of the main epidemiological studies related to sepsis performed in intensive…