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Sepsis strategies: an ICU package?
Author(s) -
Ruffell Alison J
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
nursing in critical care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.689
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1478-5153
pISSN - 1362-1017
DOI - 10.1111/j.1362-1017.2004.00079.x
Subject(s) - drotrecogin alfa , medicine , intensive care medicine , sepsis , acute respiratory distress , ards , severe sepsis , septic shock , lung
Summary • Mortality of patients with severe sepsis remains at unacceptable levels and recent new strategies are not being widely embraced • Five strategies are discussed within this article [low tidal volumes in acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome, early goal‐directed therapy, drotrecogin alfa (activated), moderate dose corticosteroids and tight control of blood glucose] • The critical care nurse plays a leading role in the detection, monitoring and treatment of patients with severe sepsis • The role of the critical care nurse within the multidisciplinary team is explored • Education, combination of strategies and the use of protocols are discussed