SEPSIS QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED VERIFIED AND 100%
ACCURATE ANSWERS
sepsis Correct Answers sepsis = SIR
body has systemic inflammatory response bc of infection
sepsis w/ organ dysfunction
clue: JUST ONE & not multiple Correct Answers severe sepsis
Severe sepsis criteria Correct Answers - unrelieved hypotension despite
giving fluids
- terrible tissue perfusion
- 1 or multiple organs are failing
-Severe hypovolemic shock and hypodynamic cardiac function are
present as a result of an inability of the blood to clot because the
platelets and clotting factors were consumed earlier.
what are the characteristics for septic shock? (select all applies)
a. vasodilation
b. lactate lvl of 4
c. myocardial depression
, d. poor tissue perfusion Correct Answers septic shock causes leaky
vessels, hypotension, and lack of blood flow to tissues
septic shock msut have lactate lvl > 4
4 steps to treat septic shock Correct Answers 1st - replace fluids w/ 30
mL/kg crystalloids
2nd - vasopressors if fluid doesn't work
3rd - IV corticosteroids
4th - antibiotics AFTER obtaining culture
SIRS Correct Answers body's inflammation response to infection,
ischemia, infarction, and injury.
(sepsis = SIRS)
what lab values are characteristic of sepsis?
A. Leukocytosis (WBC count >12,000/µL)
B. neutropenia (ANC > 1000)
C. Leukopenia (WBC count <4000/µL)
D. Normal WBC count with >10% immature forms (bands) Correct
Answers A C D
sepsis has
Leukocytosis (> 12,000 WBC)
ACCURATE ANSWERS
sepsis Correct Answers sepsis = SIR
body has systemic inflammatory response bc of infection
sepsis w/ organ dysfunction
clue: JUST ONE & not multiple Correct Answers severe sepsis
Severe sepsis criteria Correct Answers - unrelieved hypotension despite
giving fluids
- terrible tissue perfusion
- 1 or multiple organs are failing
-Severe hypovolemic shock and hypodynamic cardiac function are
present as a result of an inability of the blood to clot because the
platelets and clotting factors were consumed earlier.
what are the characteristics for septic shock? (select all applies)
a. vasodilation
b. lactate lvl of 4
c. myocardial depression
, d. poor tissue perfusion Correct Answers septic shock causes leaky
vessels, hypotension, and lack of blood flow to tissues
septic shock msut have lactate lvl > 4
4 steps to treat septic shock Correct Answers 1st - replace fluids w/ 30
mL/kg crystalloids
2nd - vasopressors if fluid doesn't work
3rd - IV corticosteroids
4th - antibiotics AFTER obtaining culture
SIRS Correct Answers body's inflammation response to infection,
ischemia, infarction, and injury.
(sepsis = SIRS)
what lab values are characteristic of sepsis?
A. Leukocytosis (WBC count >12,000/µL)
B. neutropenia (ANC > 1000)
C. Leukopenia (WBC count <4000/µL)
D. Normal WBC count with >10% immature forms (bands) Correct
Answers A C D
sepsis has
Leukocytosis (> 12,000 WBC)
