RT Book, Section
A1 Bolina, Jasleen
A1 Branan, Trisha N.
A2 Sutton, S. Scott
SR Print(0)
ID 1179734214
T1 Sepsis Syndromes
T2 McGraw Hill’s NAPLEX® Review Guide, 4e
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781264258062
LK accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1179734214
RD 2024/04/18
AB Sepsis  is  a  continuum  of  physiologic  stages  characterized  by  infection,  systemic  inflammation,  and  hypoperfusion  leading  to  tissue  injury  and  organ  failure  (Table  26-1  for  definitions  to  use  for  sepsis  syndromes).  Risk  factors  for  sepsis  include  extremes  of  age,  cancer,  immunodeficiency,  chronic  organ  failure,  genetic  factors  (male  and  non-white  ethnic  origin  in  North  America),  patients  with  bacteremia,  and  genetic  polymorphisms  associated  with  immune  regulation.  Pulmonary,  gastrointestinal,  genitourinary,  and  bloodstream  infections  account  for  the  majority  of  sepsis  cases.