“blood poisoning”) occurs if the bacteria multiply in the blood and cause the immune system to respond by activating inflammatory mechanisms. This may result in the development of “systemic inflammatory response syndrome,” or “SIRS.” By definition, SIRS includes tachycardia, tachypnea, fever,...
The Structured Interview of Reported Symptoms (SIRS) and its revised edition (SIRS-2) are frequently used in forensic psychological evaluations for assessing response style. The present research investigated the utility of this instrument in Taiwan Region adults. In a simulation...
Symptoms of Infectious Mononucleosis Infectious mononucleosis is an interesting viral illness, in that some people who are affected with it may not even know it! About 85-95% of adults have antibodies against EBV, meaning at some time during their lives, they had mono. Young children can cont...
Sepsis has also been known asSIRS, or Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome,but this term is now considered to be out of date.4 Septic shock is a type of sepsis associated with abnormalities of the circulatory system, cell function and metabolic processes.Septic shock is associated with higher ...
Comparison of Ranson, Glasgow, MOSS, SIRS, BISAP, APACHE-II, CTSI scores, IL-6, CRP, and procalcitonin in predicting severity, organ failure, pancreatic necrosis, and mortality in acute pancreatitis. HPB Surg. 2013;2013:367581.[Abstract][Full Text] 59. Komolafe O, Pereira SP, Davidson BR...
De Jong et al. [15] systematically reviewed and meta-analysed RCTs and prospective [14] and retrospective observational studies of video laryngoscope vs. direct laryngoscope (DL) in adults who were intubated in the ICU. Nine trials with a total of 2,133 participants (1,066 in VL and 1,06...