As she had recently suffered from Sepsis from an unknown infection it was considered even more of an emergency to deal with her tooth infection. I am happy to say that she was referred to this dentist who removed the tooth. My granddaughter has never been so relieved and said that she ...
More deprived cancer patients are at higher risk of Emergency Presentation (EP) with most studies pointing to lower symptom awareness and increased comorbidities to explain those patterns. With the example of colon cancer, we examine patterns of hospital emergency admissions (HEAs) history in the mos...
Added to the burden of loss of women's lives caused by sepsis are the long term consequences of infertility and the association of maternal sepsis with over one million infection related neonatal deaths every year [3,4]. A specific form of maternal sepsis is known as puerp- eral sepsis, ...
Fluid assessment is made yet more complex in the presence of acute illness and injury.6 For example, sepsis affects the cardiovascular system in multiple ways. Hypovolaemia occurs due to direct fluid loss, including insensible losses due to fever. Sepsis has a direct inhibitory impact on cardiac...
Unknowingly, I had not expelled all fetal tissue and went into blood sepsis! It was only one week after I had started miscarrying that my body and immune system could not handle it! Fortunately for me, my ob/gyn acted quickly which saved my life. They did an emergency d&c and placed...
I have had sepsis and they thought they were going to lose me, and since then I’ve always been a bit frightened when I haven’t been well. I just wanted somebody to reassure me that everything would be all right. (Participant 18, CFS 6) Security Feeling safe with health problems...
Burnout occurs as a result of a complex interplay between institutional and personal factors. The personal factors that are frequently identified that contribute to physician burnout can be described using the acronym ‘PERSONAL’[1,3,4]:P — Physicians’ sex, and Physicians’ personal factors...
The cornerstone of management throughout the world is currently supportive management with oxygen therapy alongside treatment for sepsis and ARDS with broad-spectrum antibiotics and careful rationing of intravenous fluids. Stratification of risk is a priority, with a focus on identifying those most at ...
Sepsis in the interventional radiology patient. Tech Vasc Interv Radiol. 2006;9(2):64–8. Article PubMed Google Scholar Natanson C, Danner RL, Reilly JM, Doerfler ML, Hoffman WD, Akin GL, et al. Antibiotics versus cardiovascular support in a canine model of human septic shock. Am J ...
There is a growing discussion regarding the mortality burdens of hot and cold weather and how the balance between these may alter as a result of climate change. Net effects of climate change are often presented, and in some settings these may suggest that reductions in cold-related mortality wi...