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  2. Sepsis Six - Wikipedia

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    The Sepsis Six is the name given to a bundle of medical therapies designed to reduce mortality in patients with sepsis. [citation needed] Drawn from international guidelines that emerged from the Surviving Sepsis Campaign [1] [2] the Sepsis Six was developed by The UK Sepsis Trust. [3] (Daniels, Nutbeam, Laver) in 2006 as a practical tool to ...

  3. Surviving Sepsis Campaign - Wikipedia

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    For every hour a patient is denied AB therapy after the onset of septic shock, the patient's chance of survival is reduced by 7.9% (Survivesepsis.org 2005). The 2012 guidelines differ: Administration of broad-spectrum antimicrobials therapy within 1 hr of recognition of septic shock (1B) and severe sepsis without septic shock. [7]

  4. International Patient Safety Goals - Wikipedia

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    Goal 1: Identify patients correctly. Goal 2: Improve effective communication. Goal 3: Improve the safety of high-alert medications. Goal 4: Ensure safe surgery. Goal 5: Reduce the risk of health care-associated infections. Goal 6: Reduce the risk of patient harm resulting from falls. [2] [4]

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  6. Septic shock - Wikipedia

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    Septic shock is a result of a systemic response to infection or multiple infectious causes. The precipitating infections that may lead to septic shock if severe enough include but are not limited to appendicitis, pneumonia, bacteremia, diverticulitis, pyelonephritis, meningitis, pancreatitis, necrotizing fasciitis, MRSA and mesenteric ischemia.

  7. Sepsis - Wikipedia

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    Sepsis requires immediate treatment with intravenous fluids and antimicrobial medications. [1] [5] Ongoing care and stabilization often continues in an intensive care unit. [1] If an adequate trial of fluid replacement is not enough to maintain blood pressure, then the use of medications that raise blood pressure becomes necessary. [1]

  8. WHO Model List of Essential Medicines - Wikipedia

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    The first list was published in 1977 and included 208 medications. [8] [2] [9] The WHO updates the list every two years. [10] There are 306 medications in the 14th list in 2005, [11] 410 in the 19th list in 2015, [10] 433 in the 20th list in 2017, [12] [13] 460 in the 21st list in 2019, [14] [15] [16] and 479 in the 22nd list in 2021.

  9. Renal replacement therapy - Wikipedia

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    In 1986, the term continuous renal replacement therapy was applied to all these continuous approaches. [16] The technology and terminology were expanded to include slow continuous ultrafiltration for fluid removal without replacement, continuous arteriovenous hemodialysis (CAVHD), and continuous arteriovenous hemodiafiltration. [ 17 ]