System Failures and Medical Malpractice – Imagine: A critical care manager accepting a supposedly experienced nurse’s description of her experience and knowledge base gained out an out of state hospital. A critical care manager that supports nurses thinking that they do not need close observation while being precepted. A hospital that has, on staff, surgeons […]
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As mentioned in my previous blog posts sepsis is a significant problem in the hospital settings of the world, costing countries billions of dollars a year in health care costs. In order to combat this problem, countries from around the world came together in the fall of 2002 and launched the Surviving Sepsis Campaign. In […]
As mentioned in my previous blog post sepsis is a huge problem in the hospital setting in the world, costing countries billions of dollars a year in health care costs. In order to combat this problem, countries from around the world came together in the fall of 2002 and launched the Surviving Sepsis Campaign. In […]
There are more than 750,000 cases of sepsis each year in the United States. The mortality rate of sepsis is 20% and economic cost of sepsis is $17 billion a year. The incidence of sepsis is projected to increase by 1.5% a year. Although the prognosis of sepsis has improved the death rate will increase […]
Delirium is one of the symptoms of sepsis. The brain has an important role in sepsis. One of the ways is as a target for the pathologic processes involved in sepsis. Sepsis causes brain dysfunction, or sepsis-associated (SAE). Delirium is a major component of SAE. It is associated with a change in cognition or perceptual […]