Concequences of sepsis and septic schock

Trojikj, Tatjana and Kraleva, S. (2021) Concequences of sepsis and septic schock. In: Current topics in anesthesiology 2021, 19-21 November, online.

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Abstract

Sepsis is a life threatening, acute organ dysfunction due to a dysregulated host response to infection. There is increase in number of patients who survive sepsis but develop chronic critical illness afterwards.After sepsis patients with preexisting chronic diseases can completely recover and returb in pre-sepsis health condition.

On the other side there are patients who survived sepsis and frequently experience long term disability ,physical and cognitive impairments.The recovery trajectories are influenced by presepsis health status,severity of organ dysfunction and host immune response during the sepsis episode itself.After sepsis and dismissing of ICU patients confront so called post intensive care syndrome(PICS).This syndrome is collection of physical mental and emotional symptoms that continue to persist after patient leaves intensive care unit( ICU).The symptoms van last for a few months to many years post recovery.The common symptoms include generalized weakness,fatigue,decreased mobility,anxious or depressed mood,sexual dysfunction,sleep disturbances,and cognitive issues ( memory disturbance /loss,slow mental processing,poor concentration and so on).Also patientsafter sepsis are struggling with impairment of pulmonary function,increasing of cardiovascular diseases,acute kidney injury,gastrointestinal problems,coagulopathy,hair loss etc.There are four main sequels after sepsis:multy system injury,prolonged critical illness,traumatized care givers and health system who needs to confront extended health care needs.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Subjects:	Medical and Health Sciences > Clinical medicine
Divisions:	Faculty of Medical Science
Depositing User:	Tatjana Trojik
Date Deposited:	04 Apr 2023 08:26
Last Modified:	04 Apr 2023 08:26
URI:	https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/31613

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