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- Thus, when treating suspicious or confirmed cases of sepsis, clinicians must initiate broad-spectrum antimicrobials within the first hour of diagnosis. Optimizing antibiotic use is essential to ensure successful outcomes and to reduce adverse antibiotic effects, as well as preventing drug resistance.
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- An approach to antibiotic treatment in patients with sepsis
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- An approach to antibiotic treatment in patients with sepsis
Jan 1, 2020 · PDF. ABSTRACT. Sepsis is a life-threatening organ dysfunction that results from the body’s response to infection. It requires prompt recognition, appropriate antibiotics, careful hemodynamic support, and control of the source of infection.
- Siddharth Dugar, Chirag Choudhary, Abhijit Duggal
- 2020
This guidance is for patients with sepsis and septic shock (Sepsis 3 criteria) only where early initiation of active antibiotics has been shown to improve outcomes. Those with less severe infections should have syndromic antibiotics started per NM guidelines available via the stewardship website and/or One Chart order sets.
Mar 8, 2024 · Key points. Sepsis is a medical emergency. You play a critical role. Protect your patients by acting fast. You should immediately evaluate and treat patients who might have sepsis. With your fast recognition and treatment, most patients survive. Diagnosis and treatment. Sepsis is diagnosed through a medical assessment by a healthcare provider.
Jan 30, 2024 · Optimising their outcomes therefore involves early recognition, emergency care, targeted antimicrobial therapy, infection source control, intensive monitoring, detection of clinical deterioration, and prevention of organ failure and complications.
