sepsis criteria (vital signs analysis)

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sepsis

a life-threatening reaction to an infection where the body's response becomes dysregulated and starts causing organ dysfunction

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sepsis is presence of…

infection plus 2 or more of the Sepsis SIRS criteria 

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SIRS critera stands for

systemic inflammatory response system 

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whats going on in our body during sepsis

Every artery in the body is getting signal to vasodilate and leak, This is our bodies response to infections 

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what is the sepsis criteria

temp, heart rate, tachypnea, white blood cell count

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temp

less than 36 or higher than 38

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heart rate

more than 90 beats per min

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tachypnea

abnormally fast breaething more than 20 breaths per min or PaCO2 less than 32

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white blood cell count

less than 4000 or more than 12000 or more than 10% immature band forms