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PATIENT CARE BY PROFESSIONALS

Diagnosis

The symptoms of sepsis are various and all of them are common to other pathologies, which makes diagnosis extremely difficult.

However, the fundamental priority is to determine the origin or source of infection. For this reason, the doctor will carry out all the necessary studies and analyzes to discover the origin and degree of the patient's affectation: blood and urine tests, coagulation study, chest X-ray, electrocardiogram, etc.

TREATMENT

  • The treatment is fundamentally aimed at identifying and attacking the cause of the infection, generally using substances such as antibiotics, antifungals, etc.
  • In many cases, the focus of the infection requires surgical or invasive intervention, such as in the case of abscesses, stones in the gallbladder and/or its ducts, appendicitis, etc.
  • The sooner these treatments are started, the better the prognosis can be.
  • At the same time, action is taken to reduce the extent of uncontrolled inflammation and limit organic damage, preserving vital functions such as respiratory, renal, hepatic, etc.

EVOLUTION

  • The evolution of the patient will depend on his response to the treatment of the base infection, and the ability to contain the organic damage.
  • The medical team that treats you will assess the patient's constants day by day, and sometimes hour by hour, adopting the most convenient clinical decisions at all times.
  • The very nature of this clinical picture does not allow, in general, a prognosis of the evolution on the first day of admission. Therefore, the doctor will provide updated and frequent information.

WHAT DOCTORS TREAT SEPSIS?

Sepsis management involves a multidisciplinary team that usually has a wide range of clinical specialties, both in diagnosis and treatment. Although it is mainly treated by intensive care doctors, there are other consultation or support specialists: infectious diseases, emergencies, surgeons, oncologists, hematologists, urologists, nephrologists, internists, in addition to the family doctor, pharmacists and nurses.

IS THE INCOME ALWAYS NECESSARY?

  • uncomplicated sepsis. In its initial phase, early uncomplicated sepsis is treated with antibiotics at home in many cases, and many patients with uncomplicated sepsis make a full recovery.
  • Complicated sepsis and septic shock. In this case, the treatment must be administered in the hospital and often requires admission to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
 
 
 
 
 
This information is informative in nature and therefore does not replace what you may receive from health professionals.