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 […]
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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 […]
The differences between subjective and objective findings are clear and necessary when sorting out the pertinent aspects of a case. The definition of Subjective per Medline Plus: “1 a: relating to or determined by the mind as the subject of experience <subjective reality> b: characteristic of or belonging to reality as perceived rather than as […]