Search results
Feb 13, 2024 · In this narrative review, we present a synopsis of prior attempts to define sepsis in human and veterinary medicine, discuss developments in our understanding, and highlight some criticisms and shortcomings of existing schemes.
This review is intended to serve as the foundation of current efforts to establish a consensus definition for sepsis in small animals and ultimately generate evidence-based criteria for its recognition in veterinary clinical practice.
People also ask
Why did the sepsis 3 definitions remove the term'severe sepsis'?
What is sepsis in veterinary medicine?
What is pediatric sepsis?
Mar 4, 2021 · Sepsis is commonly unrecognized and associated with high mortality, showing the need for reliable and easy-applicable tools to support early recognition.
- Andre Fuchs, Tafese Beyene Tufa, Tafese Beyene Tufa, Johannes Hörner, Zewdu Hurissa, Tamara Nordmann...
- 10.1371/journal.pone.0247646
- 2021
- PLoS One. 2021; 16(3): e0247646.
It is important to understand terminology and definitions associated with sepsis and the continuum to septic shock, to critically evaluate and interpret current literature and manage septic patients. In veterinary medicine, sepsis is defined as a systemic inflammatory response to an infectious etiology.
- Thandeka R. Ngwenyama
- 2021
This review is intended to serve as the foundation of current efforts to establish a consensus definition for sepsis in small animals and ultimately generate evidence-based criteria for its recognition in veterinary clinical practice.
Abstract. Objective: To discuss the definitions of sepsis in human and veterinary medicine. Design: International, multicenter position statement on the need for consensus. definitions of sepsis in veterinary medicine. Setting: Veterinary private practice and university teaching hospitals. Animals: Dogs and cats. Interventions: None.
May 6, 2008 · Sepsis is caused by infection, and knowing what type of organism is causing the infection certainly matters in terms of both epidemiology and selecting antibiotic therapy. Although there is considerable laboratory evidence that micro-organisms initiate sepsis in different ways, the clinical consequences are usually indistinguishable.
