SEPSIS SEPTIC SHOCK UNFOLDING
REASONING UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
●● What is the criteria for SIRS?
Answer: Temp > 38C (100.5F) or < 36C (96.8F)
HR > 90/min
RR > 20 min or PaCO2 < 32 mmHg
WBC > 12,000/mm3 or < 4000/mm3 or 10% immature bands
(NO LONGER HELPFUL IN PREDICTING SEPSIS)
●● What is sepsis?
Answer: Life-threatening condition that arises when the body's response
to an infection injures its own tissues/organs
●● Infection + Organ Dysfunction = ________
Answer: Sepsis
●● What is qSOFA?
Answer: Quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment
Early identification of sepsis
, ●● What is the criteria for qSOFA?
Answer: RR >= 22/min
Altered mentation
Systolic BP <= 100 mmHg
●● What are the stages of shock?
Answer: Initial (no visible changes, only cellular)
Compensatory (measures to increase CO to restore tissue
perfusion/oxygenation)
Progressive (compensatory mechanisms begin to fail)
Refractory (irreversible shock and total body failure)
●● What type of shock is septic shock?
Answer: Distributive - widespread vasodilation, increased capillary
permeability
●● What is septic shock?
Answer: Circulatory, cellular, and metabolic abnormalities that are
associated with greater risk of mortality than sepsis alone
●● What is the criteria for septic shock?
Answer: Despite fluid resuscitation:
Require vasopressors to maintain a MAP of >= 65 mmHg
REASONING UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
●● What is the criteria for SIRS?
Answer: Temp > 38C (100.5F) or < 36C (96.8F)
HR > 90/min
RR > 20 min or PaCO2 < 32 mmHg
WBC > 12,000/mm3 or < 4000/mm3 or 10% immature bands
(NO LONGER HELPFUL IN PREDICTING SEPSIS)
●● What is sepsis?
Answer: Life-threatening condition that arises when the body's response
to an infection injures its own tissues/organs
●● Infection + Organ Dysfunction = ________
Answer: Sepsis
●● What is qSOFA?
Answer: Quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment
Early identification of sepsis
, ●● What is the criteria for qSOFA?
Answer: RR >= 22/min
Altered mentation
Systolic BP <= 100 mmHg
●● What are the stages of shock?
Answer: Initial (no visible changes, only cellular)
Compensatory (measures to increase CO to restore tissue
perfusion/oxygenation)
Progressive (compensatory mechanisms begin to fail)
Refractory (irreversible shock and total body failure)
●● What type of shock is septic shock?
Answer: Distributive - widespread vasodilation, increased capillary
permeability
●● What is septic shock?
Answer: Circulatory, cellular, and metabolic abnormalities that are
associated with greater risk of mortality than sepsis alone
●● What is the criteria for septic shock?
Answer: Despite fluid resuscitation:
Require vasopressors to maintain a MAP of >= 65 mmHg
