Sepsis Clinical Guide

Sepsis is a serious systemic infection that can quickly lead to circulatory shock, organ failure and demise if inappropriately handled. It is also a major problem in hospitals all through the US and the world. In 2013, 1.3 million folks were admitted to US hospitals for sepsis (#1 explanation for index admissions!) at a complete value to the US healthcare system of $23.7 billion dollars (#1 most expensive condition!). Over 250,000 folks die of sepsis in the US every year, more than from prostate most cancers, breast most cancers and AIDS mixed. Despite its giant toll on public health, public consciousness of this condition is poor and the quality of remedy is very variable often as a end result of late recognition and therapy.

In sepsis, time is of the essence. Successful remedy hinges on prompt recognition of symptoms, right antibiotic administration, and hemodynamic stabilization. Lack of acceptable sepsis management information on the bedside leads to delayed symptom recognition, serious problems, medical errors, elevated therapy costs, and avoidable morbidity and mortality. For this reason, we created this app to offer busy well being professionals with important administration info based mostly on the newest practice tips in a format that is simply accessible on the point of care.

The Sepsis app options search, annotation, bookmarking functions and calculator support. All content is extensively referenced and footnoted where acceptable, and periodically up to date.

Clinical topics lined within the Sepsis app embody:

- The newest definitions and medical tips together with Sepsis-3 and the Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) guidelines

- Epidemiology, threat factors and pathophysiology of sepsis and septic shock

- Common differentials and etiology, tips on performing appropriate HP and workups

- Management of frequent causes including hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP), ventilator-acquired pneumonia (VAP) and intra-abdominal infections

- Sepsis administration bundles, early goal-directed remedy, hemodynamic administration, adjunctive therapies, mechanical ventilation of sepsis-induced ARDS, and other essential administration guidelines from the SSC and the American Thoracic Society (ATS)

- Antibiotic remedy including specific pointers for the treatment of HAP from ATS and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)

- Diagnosis and management of pediatric and neonatal sepsis including the administration of pediatric fever, important differences from administration of sepsis in adults, administration of sepsis-induced persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN), empiric antibiotic therapy recommendations for GBS infections, interventions in pediatric septic shock, and other pediatric-specific information

- Important calculators together with the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA), quick-SOFA, APACHE II, Multiple Organ Dysfunction Score (MODS), the Simplified Acute Physiology Score (SAPS) II, the National Early Warning Score (NEWS), the Clinical Pulmonary Infection (CPI) rating, the Inferior Vena Cava Collapsibility Index, and others

- Drug administration information together with antibacterial and antifungal antibiotics, adrenergic and other vasoactive agents, corticosteroids and diuretics

Recommended by:

- Top US medical doctors on HealthTap

- MDLinx.com

- imedicalapps.com

- The Russian Sepsis Forum (sepsisforum.ru)

- The ED Trauma Critical Care Blog (edtcc.com)