- Foreword
- Acknowledgement
- Permissions
- Glossary of terms and abbreviations
- Contributors
- Chapter 1 Introduction to acute care
- Chapter 2 Respiratory assessment and care
- Chapter 3 Cardiovascular assessment and care
- Chapter 4 Neurological care
- Chapter 5 Renal assessment and support
- Chapter 6 Gastrointestinal tract
- Chapter 7 Fluid assessment and associated treatment
- Chapter 8 Assessment and care of the septic patient
- Chapter 9 Psycho-social assessment, care, and support
- Chapter 10 Blood investigations in acute care
- Chapter 11 Assessment tools and track-and-trigger systems
- Chapter 12 The role of outreach
- Chapter 13 Acute emergency situations
- Chapter 14 Transfer of acutely ill patients
- Chapter 15 Caring for the patient post intensive care
- Chapter 16 Documentation in acute care
- Chapter 17 Continuing education and acute care delivery
- Appendix: Clinical link answers
- Index
(p. 241) Assessment and care of the septic patient
- Chapter:
- (p. 241) Assessment and care of the septic patient
- Author(s):
Kevin Barrett
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780199564385.003.008
Chapter 8 discusses the assessment and care of the septic patient, how to understand and manage the patient with sepsis, the pathophysiology of a global inflammatory response in the patient, and explores physiological changes following widespread inflammation with focus on the cardiovascular system in particular, definitions of sepsis, severe sepsis, and septic shock, and nursing care of the patient with sepsis, including care bundles and their rationale, and infection control.
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- Foreword
- Acknowledgement
- Permissions
- Glossary of terms and abbreviations
- Contributors
- Chapter 1 Introduction to acute care
- Chapter 2 Respiratory assessment and care
- Chapter 3 Cardiovascular assessment and care
- Chapter 4 Neurological care
- Chapter 5 Renal assessment and support
- Chapter 6 Gastrointestinal tract
- Chapter 7 Fluid assessment and associated treatment
- Chapter 8 Assessment and care of the septic patient
- Chapter 9 Psycho-social assessment, care, and support
- Chapter 10 Blood investigations in acute care
- Chapter 11 Assessment tools and track-and-trigger systems
- Chapter 12 The role of outreach
- Chapter 13 Acute emergency situations
- Chapter 14 Transfer of acutely ill patients
- Chapter 15 Caring for the patient post intensive care
- Chapter 16 Documentation in acute care
- Chapter 17 Continuing education and acute care delivery
- Appendix: Clinical link answers
- Index