Septic shock

compensatory response leading to a decreased filtration rate and pressure (McCance & Huether, 2014). Examples of prerenal injury are renal artery thrombosis or hypotension secondary to hypovolemia caused by dehydration or hemorrhage in addition to shock either septic or cardiogenic (McCance &Huether, 2014). There the possibility…

Shock is a medical emergency in which the tissues and organs of one’s body are not receiving a sufficient flow of blood. With the circulatory system, it can no longer provide sufficient circulation which prevents every body part from performing its primary function. Oxygen is deprived to the major organs and tissue throughout the body. The body’s waste products buildup. Shock can cause serious damage to a person’s body, and in severe cases, death. There are several major causes of shock in…

Rushing to my mother’s side, her face was as white as a ghost, her lips were a purplish-blue color and she was shaking uncontrollably. My nursing assistant skills kicked in immediately, quickly assessing the situation realizing my mother was in septic shock. Barely conscious, I began asking her simple yes or no questions to understand as best I could as to what she was feeling. She did not have any strength, I scooted her up and swung her legs off the bed pushing my mother to rely upon me.…

responses throughout the body to fight off infection. Sepsis is classified into three stages. The first is sepsis then progressing to severe sepsis then septic shock. If the infection is serious enough, a cascade of changes causing damage of multiple organ systems, which results in failure of those organs, can be triggered by this inflammation. Septic shock is where a patient’s blood pressure drops dramatically and can lead to death. Anyone can develop sepsis, but it's most common in older…

for any other problems because that would take time away from treating Lia. This is what led to Lia’s brain damage and vegetative state because the doctors missed her septic shock which is what caused her ‘death’. Selvidge says that “if it had been a brand new kid walking off the street, I guarantee you Neil would have done a septic workup and he would have caught it” (Fadiman 256). The doctors had the ability to find and treat what caused Lia’s vegetative state, but they did not do it because…

luteus rarely causes infectious diseases in human, but it is an opportunistic pathogen for immunosuppressed patients, such as HIV patients [4].Thus, M.luteus is associated with different diseases which are recurrent bacteremia, meningitis, septic shock, septic arthritis, endocarditis, and cavitating pneumonia in immunosuppressed patients. Also, this bacteria is associated with urinary tract infections. M.Luteus is known for its extremely low virulence, and it is usually considered…

Our world is made up of many different cultures and it would not be how it is today without these different cultures. Some cultures believe they are superior to others and this results in cultural differences and barriers. In Anne Fadiman’s book, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, she explains cultural barriers that can develop through cultural differences, when one culture enters into another culture’s area. Fadiman writes about the Hmong culture entering the United States and evaluates…

hypovolemia as a result of hemorrhage, dehydration, excessive loss of gastrointestinal fluids due to vomiting or diarrhea, or excessive loss of fluid due to a burn injury, decreased vascular filling because of anaphylactic or septic shocks, heart failure and cardiogenic shock which impairs perfusion, and decreased renal perfusion because of sepsis, vasoactive mediators, drugs, and diagnostic agents (Porth, 2009). Intrarenal failure can be caused by acute tubular necrosis which is when renal…

Global Violence Global health concerns have the topic of conversation for many years, where this video documentary, “Half the Sky”, has placed a specific focus on several particular issues. Female genital cutting, oppression of women and the lack of healthcare resources lead to unhealthy environments and even death. The World Assembly is the world’s governing body. This assembly, working with the World Health Organization draws attention to the consequences of issues and their effects on…

JACKSONS ZONES OF TISSUE INJURY Jackson’s Burn Wound Model provides a model for understanding the pathophysiology of a burn wound. Primary injury is the zone of coagulation nearest to the heat source . This zone has irreversible tissue necrosis at the centre of the burn due to exposure to heat, chemicals or electricity. The extent of the injury is dependent on the duration and the temperature of exposure . Zone of Ischaemia is the zone surrounding the central zone of necrosis in which there…