Sepsis Flashcards
1
Q
What is sepsis?
A
Widespread inflammation due to infection
2
Q
What pathophysiological process does sepsis mainly cause?
A
Vasodilation and capillary leak
3
Q
What do you do for sepsis?
A
Same as shock Cultures for microbiology Early antibiotics Vasoconstrictive drugs Source control and clean
4
Q
In BP=COxVT, what does sepsis direcly alter?
A
The vascular tone!
Reduction in vascular tone reduces afterload and preload and therefore also stroke volume and CO/
