With best of Intensive care sepsis continues to take a major toll. Within the last years a better knowledge of its pathgenesis and the care implementation of a group of measures addressed to a fast identification and early treatment of the septic patients have proved to reduce mortality rate. Likewise, it continues being investigated in modulating the inflammatory response and limiting the harmful action of the bacterial products on the immune system. Sepsis is a medical emergency Rapid initiation of simple, timely interventions including antimicrobials,intravenous fluids and targeted treatment to restore the circulation can halve the risk of dying. Patients with suspected sepsis should be referred immediately to an appropriate facility. Early sepsis treatment is cost effective, reducing hospital and Critical Care bed days for patients. Unfortunately, sepsis is still mostly overlooked and recognized too late. We strongly encourage international, national, and regional professional and lay organisations, as well as individual physicians and health care workers, to become supporters of WSD and the World Sepsis Declaration and to become involved in raising awareness. Likewise, we would ask the reader to get your hospital or department to add to the number of more than 1200 hospitals that so far have committed to the targets of the WSD. The crusade against sepsis:Are you with us?
Posted on: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 16:47:55 +0000
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