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Severe sepsis: do emergency departments offer patients optimal care?

01 April 2007

Emergency Nurse

Clinical

Sepsis claims thousands of lives every day throughout the world (Kieft et al 1993), while patients with severe sepsis occupy about 46 per cent of all intensive care...

Sepsis must be seen as emergency

08 April 2011

Emergency Nurse

Analysis

The Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) (2004-2009) required collaboration between emergency department (ED) and intensive care staff to deliver a six-hour resuscitation...

Assessing, treating and managing patients with sepsis

24 August 2005

Nursing Standard

CPD

This article outlines the causes, signs and symptoms of systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), sepsis, severe sepsis and septic shock, the implications and...

Severe sepsis in A&E

01 September 2005

Emergency Nurse

CPD

In this article, the author clarifies the definition of sepsis, severe sepsis and septic shock, describes the physiological changes that occur and the initial...

Student life - Safety is a team effort

06 November 2013

Nursing Standard

Careers

Patient safety is a priority for all healthcare professionals. The National Advisory Group on the Safety of Patients in England says patient safety sciences should...

03 April 2024 / Vol 39 issue 4

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