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2018-05-25

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2018-05-25

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2018-05-24

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Overview: Sepsis and septic Shock are major healthcare problems. It has been described as the Achilles' heel of health care. Sepsis occurs when the immune system goes into over-drive vigorously attacking an expanding infection. It is the No. 1 inpatient hospital expense in the United States, with costs surging by 3X over the last decade to $27 billion. Sepsis is a leading cause of death, morbidity and expense responsible for one third to one-half of hospitalized patients' deaths. In the U.S., more than 1.5 million people develop sepsis, of whom over 250,000 die as a result. It has now become one of the top five causes of hospitalization in for those over the age of 18.

Like stroke, or myocardial infarction, early identification and appropriate management in the initial hours after sepsis develops saves lives and reduces the long-term complications suffered by a large numbers of survivors. This is why a comprehensive plan to detect, treat, and prevent sepsis must be an essential pillar of any serious effort to improve care and to drive down healthcare and national costs. To address this continually escalating concern, CDC has initiated the "Get Ahead of Sepsis" program that emphasizes the need to inform the public, educate patients, prevent infections, suspect and identify sepsis early, and start sepsis treatment fast. Former CDC Director Brenda Fitzgerald stated that, "Detecting sepsis early and starting immediate treatment is often the difference between life and death." To most, this just seems logical, "just do it!" However, there are many difficulties to be overcome. Now, fast would mean that when a patient spikes a fever for an unknown reason, doctors usually send blood samples to be cultured. However, the can take an enormously long time - up to six days - to get the results. In addition, these cultures miss 35 percent to 50 percent of infections.

Given the time it takes and the uncertainty of blood cultures, if a patient is at high risk for sepsis or if it is suspected, the clinician will immediately prescribe antibiotics. Doctors know that this represents overtreatment, since sepsis is often indistinguishable from other much less-serious health concerns. However, you fail to treat if you have any reason to suspect sepsis, because a patient's risk of dying rises as much as 8% per hour if the infection is improperly treated or delayed. Sepsis can rapidly cause severe tissue damage, organ dysfunction, organ failure and death. One markedly tragic complication is that of hypoxia to the extremities. The body focuses first on its efforts to stay alive. In doing so, blood and oxygen are diverted from the tissues in the legs and arms. Unfortunately, individuals that survive at this stage may have to have their necrotic extremities removed.

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