1. Definitions: Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) SIRS describes a non-specific systemic inflammatory state, triggered by infectious or non-infectious insults. SIRS Criteria (Traditional) Presence of ≥2 of: Temperature >38°C or <36°C Heart rate >90/min Respiratory rate >20/min or PaCO₂ <32 mmHg WBC >12,000 or <4,000 or >10% bands SIRS can occur in: Trauma Burns Pancreatitis Post-operative states Infections SIRS is not equivalent to infection. Sepsis (Sepsis-3 Definition) According to the Surviving Sepsis Campaign and consensus definitions: Sepsis is life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection. Operationalized as: Suspected/confirmed infection Increase in SOFA score ≥2 Septic Shock A subset of sepsis characterized by: Persistent hypotension requiring vasopressors Serum lactate >2 mmol/L despite adequate fluid resuscitation This carries a mortality >40%. Sho...
Hey people, Welcome to my blog. Before starting to write about something new that I have been trying to bring in from past few months, Let me inform you guys that we have changed out blog address. Earlier it was “www.myfmgejourney.com” which is now replaced with “www.medspacedaily.com”. It’s just the change of the url address, everything else will be the same. Some of you might still have been wondering that why am i doing all this? Well, answer to all similar questions is that i like doing it in my free time. And I haven’t left medicine yet, so don’t worry😁. So let’s start. What’s new about this article ? Well, the header says it all. Welcome to my youtube channel “Medspacedaily” where I’m uploading study with me videos currently. As you all know that 2020 has been so worst for everyone of us and most of us are struggling to keep ourselves on track, either it’s our work or studies and we end up procrastinating a lot. I do that a lot, don’t know about you guys lol. Well t...