Sepsis | UPDATED Questions with 100% Verified Answers
Q1: what are the forms of sepsis?
A: sepsis as primary disease
sepsis as a complication of other disease
Q2: what can cause sepsis as a primary disease?
A: perforated foreign body, mass, etc
Q3: what can cause sepsis as a complication of other disease?
A: postop intestinal surgery, GVD if perforated, pneumonia, immune mediated disease,
heatstroke, mechanical ventilation
Q4: What noninfectious disease processes can resemble sepsis clinical signs?
A: Polyarthritis, IMHA, Anaphylaxis, and Hypoadrenocorticism.
Q5: Which immunemediated diseases can mimic clinical signs of sepsis?
A: Polyarthritis and IMHA.
Q6: Which endocrine disease can mimic clinical signs of sepsis?
A: Hypoadrenocorticism.
Q7: Which severe allergic reaction can mimic clinical signs of sepsis?
A: Anaphylaxis.
Q8: what is inflammation?
A: The localized host response to tissue damage.
Q9: what is suppurative inflammation (sterile)?
A: Presence of WBCs (neutrophils) without bacteria.
, Q10: What is systemic inflammation?
A: Inflammatory response causing systemic changes throughout the body.
Q11: What is Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS)?
A: Clinical syndrome characterized by systemic inflammation affecting vital parameters.
Q12: What four clinical parameters define SIRS?
A: Heart rate, respiratory rate, body temperature, and WBC count.
Q13: What was the 'old' definition of sepsis?
A: Sepsis = SIRS + infection.
Q14: what is sepsis (current definition)?
A: Life threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection.
Q15: what are the key characteristics of sepsis?
A: Non homeostatic, causes tissue and organ injury, potentially lethal, requires urgent
recognition.
Q16: what organ systems can be impacted by sepsis?
A: Respiratory, coagulation, liver, cardiovascular, CNS, and renal.
Q17: is saying something is "septic" on cytology the same as the PATIENT being septic?
A: no > on cytology it just means bacteria present. ex. a GI perf has a septic peritonitis, but
the patient may not be systemically septic
Q18: What is septic shock?
A: Subset of sepsis with profound circulatory and metabolic abnormalities increasing
mortality.
Q19: What characterizes blood pressure management in septic shock?
A: Persistent hypotension despite fluid therapy, requiring vasopressors.
Q1: what are the forms of sepsis?
A: sepsis as primary disease
sepsis as a complication of other disease
Q2: what can cause sepsis as a primary disease?
A: perforated foreign body, mass, etc
Q3: what can cause sepsis as a complication of other disease?
A: postop intestinal surgery, GVD if perforated, pneumonia, immune mediated disease,
heatstroke, mechanical ventilation
Q4: What noninfectious disease processes can resemble sepsis clinical signs?
A: Polyarthritis, IMHA, Anaphylaxis, and Hypoadrenocorticism.
Q5: Which immunemediated diseases can mimic clinical signs of sepsis?
A: Polyarthritis and IMHA.
Q6: Which endocrine disease can mimic clinical signs of sepsis?
A: Hypoadrenocorticism.
Q7: Which severe allergic reaction can mimic clinical signs of sepsis?
A: Anaphylaxis.
Q8: what is inflammation?
A: The localized host response to tissue damage.
Q9: what is suppurative inflammation (sterile)?
A: Presence of WBCs (neutrophils) without bacteria.
, Q10: What is systemic inflammation?
A: Inflammatory response causing systemic changes throughout the body.
Q11: What is Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS)?
A: Clinical syndrome characterized by systemic inflammation affecting vital parameters.
Q12: What four clinical parameters define SIRS?
A: Heart rate, respiratory rate, body temperature, and WBC count.
Q13: What was the 'old' definition of sepsis?
A: Sepsis = SIRS + infection.
Q14: what is sepsis (current definition)?
A: Life threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection.
Q15: what are the key characteristics of sepsis?
A: Non homeostatic, causes tissue and organ injury, potentially lethal, requires urgent
recognition.
Q16: what organ systems can be impacted by sepsis?
A: Respiratory, coagulation, liver, cardiovascular, CNS, and renal.
Q17: is saying something is "septic" on cytology the same as the PATIENT being septic?
A: no > on cytology it just means bacteria present. ex. a GI perf has a septic peritonitis, but
the patient may not be systemically septic
Q18: What is septic shock?
A: Subset of sepsis with profound circulatory and metabolic abnormalities increasing
mortality.
Q19: What characterizes blood pressure management in septic shock?
A: Persistent hypotension despite fluid therapy, requiring vasopressors.
