Sepsis

Question 1

What is sepsis?

Answer 1

Sepsis is a potentially life-threatening condition which results from a dysregulated host response to an infection

Question 2

What is severe sepsis?

Answer 2

Severe sepsis is sepsis with evidence of and organ dysfunction and may be identified as sepsis with a new oxygen requirement, evidence of renal impairment, rising bilirubin, thrombocytopenia

Question 3

What is septic shock?

Answer 3

Septic shock is sepsis resulting in inadequate oxygen delivery to meet tissue demand. It may be defined as persistent hypotension despite aggressive fluid resuscitation, and biochemically be identified by a high lactate

Question 4

What is infection?

Answer 4

Infection is invasion of a sterile tissue organ by pathogen.

Question 5

What is bacteraemia?

Answer 5

Bacteraemia is the presence of circulating viable bacteria in the bloodstream

Question 6

What is septicaemia?

Answer 6

Septicaemia is active multiplication of pathogens within the bloodstream resulting in potentially overwhelming systemic infection