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Identifying sepsis too late. 2014

April Miller
• Adult clinical nurse specialist Memorial Hospital of Carbondale • Carbondale, Ill.

Sepsis campaign awareness and adherence to the SSC bundles remain a challenge for many healthcare providers causing wide-ranging results, but hospitals are consistently reporting reduced sepsis-related mortality associated with adherence to the SSC guidelines. This case study is likely very similar to many of the other hundreds of thousands of people who died of sepsis in 2010. Would following the SSC guidelines have made a difference for this patient? It’s difficult to know for sure, but this case illustrates the importance of remaining in formed about the latest research and guidelines in healthcare. Visit www.surviving sepsis.org to learn more about the guidelines for treating sepsis.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009730 Nursing Assessment Evaluation of the nature and extent of nursing problems presented by a patient for the purpose of patient care planning. Nursing Protocols,Assessment, Nursing,Protocols, Nursing,Assessments, Nursing,Nursing Assessments,Nursing Protocol,Protocol, Nursing
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D016529 Emergency Nursing The specialty or practice of nursing in the care of patients admitted to the emergency department. Emergency Room Nursing,Nursing, Emergency,Nursing, Emergency Room
D017410 Practice Guidelines as Topic Works about directions or principles presenting current or future rules of policy for assisting health care practitioners in patient care decisions regarding diagnosis, therapy, or related clinical circumstances. The guidelines may be developed by government agencies at any level, institutions, professional societies, governing boards, or by the convening of expert panels. The guidelines form a basis for the evaluation of all aspects of health care and delivery. Clinical Guidelines as Topic,Best Practices,Best Practice
D055815 Young Adult A person between 19 and 24 years of age. Adult, Young,Adults, Young,Young Adults
D057210 Delayed Diagnosis Non-optimal interval of time between onset of symptoms, identification, and initiation of treatment. Diagnosis Delay,Late Diagnosis,Delayed Diagnoses,Diagnosis Delays,Diagnosis, Delayed,Diagnosis, Late,Late Diagnoses
D018805 Sepsis Systemic inflammatory response syndrome with a proven or suspected infectious etiology. When sepsis is associated with organ dysfunction distant from the site of infection, it is called severe sepsis. When sepsis is accompanied by HYPOTENSION despite adequate fluid infusion, it is called SEPTIC SHOCK. Bloodstream Infection,Pyaemia,Pyemia,Pyohemia,Blood Poisoning,Poisoning, Blood,Septicemia,Severe Sepsis,Blood Poisonings,Bloodstream Infections,Infection, Bloodstream,Poisonings, Blood,Pyaemias,Pyemias,Pyohemias,Sepsis, Severe,Septicemias

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