Open AccessUrosepsis and the urologist!
Author(s) -
James Ryan,
Eoghan O’Neill,
Liza McLornan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
current urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.476
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1661-7657
pISSN - 1661-7649
DOI - 10.1097/cu9.0000000000000006
Subject(s) - medicine , obstructive uropathy , sepsis , genitourinary system , ileus , urinary system , perioperative , emergency department , abscess , blood culture , retrospective cohort study , surgery , antibiotics , psychiatry , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Sepsis is a life-threatening organ dysfunction that is caused by a dysregulated host response to the infection. Urosepsis contributes up to 25% of all sepsis cases. An important part of the management of urosepsis is to rule out possible surgical causes such as urolithiasis, obstructive uropathy, or abscess formation along the urogenital tract.