Topical medication such as lotions, foams, creams, ointments, gels, and shampoos applied directly to the skin is usually the first-line treatment for psoriasis. Types of topical medications to treat psoriasis include steroids, anthralin, syntheticvitamin D3,vitamin A, and calcium-modulating medicatio...
Sepsis is a perplexing infection-related syndrome documented for thousands of years. It remains a leading cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. The concepts and understanding of sepsis have evolved in recent decades from a systemic inflammatory response syndrome to infection to, more recently, a...
世界临床病例杂志Alhashem, F., Tiren-Verbeet, N. L., Alp, E., and Doganay, M. (2017). Treatment of sepsis: What is the antibiotic choice in bacteremia due to carbapenem resistant Enterobacteriaceae? World J. Clin. Cases 5, 324-332. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v5. i8.324...
Sepsis is the result of a body’s extreme response to an infection. Sometimes, chemicals released by the immune system in the bloodstream to fight an infection can trigger a chain reaction of inflammation throughout the body. This is sepsis, and it can escalate to tissue damage, organ failure...
Sepsis is one of the major challenges of today.Although gram-positive bacteria related infections are more prevalent in hospital setting,the highest mortality rate is associated with gram-negative microorganisms especially Enterobacteriaceae.Enterobacteriaceae,including Escherichia coli,Klebsiella spp.,Proteus sp...
How is sepsis managed? Once diagnosed, sepsis needs early, thorough, aggressive and appropriate management to increase the likelihood of patient recovery. Patients with sepsis need close monitoring and treatment in a hospital ICU. This is because septic patients may need lifesaving measures to be st...
Sepsis is the most common killer of children worldwide, causing 3.4 million deaths each year. In the U.S., someone is diagnosed with sepsis every 20 seconds. The risk of dying from sepsis increases by as much as 8% every hour treatment is delayed. In 2012, an average of 38 sepsis-rel...
Timely antibiotic treatment (i.e., within the first hour of hypotension or sooner) can improve patients’ chances at survival and decrease the incidence of SA-AKI.3 What is Sepsis-associated Acute Kidney Injury? On its own, acute kidney injury (AKI)—also called acute renal failure—describes...
Sepsis, colloquially known as blood poisoning, occurs as a result of an infection, usually from bacteria. Bacteria can enter the blood stream via an open wound, from another part of the body after a surgical procedure, or even from a urinary tract infect
However, there is no "magic bullet" in sight at the present time, so that causal and supportive measures are the key to survival. General critical care procedures such as ulcer prophylaxis or the prevention of deep venous thrombosis should usually be incorporated in the treatment of sepsis. To...