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+--- Thread: how to diff bet. sirs &sepsis in burns? - vaishnavi84 (/showthread.php?tid=659170)
how to diff bet. sirs &sepsis in burns? - vaishnavi84 - ArchivalUser - 03-04-2012
pls expln
0 - ArchivalUser - 03-04-2012
what is sirs??
0 - ArchivalUser - 03-05-2012
SIRS- Systemic inflammatory response sy is caracterizd with:
1. fever or hypothermia
2. tachypnea
3. tachycardia
4. Leucocytosis or Leucocytopenia or bandemia
Patient meeting at least 2 of 4 criteria sre considered to have SIRS
SIRS due to Infection is SEPSIS which is associated with END-ORGAN DYSFUNCTION
1. oliguria
2. hypotension (BP
0 - ArchivalUser - 03-05-2012
3. Plt
0 - ArchivalUser - 03-05-2012
4. metabolic acidosis
0 - ArchivalUser - 03-05-2012
3. Platelet
0 - ArchivalUser - 03-05-2012
@vaishnavi84
Which book are u using
0 - ArchivalUser - 03-05-2012
.@mibnyc,thank u....@user_10....its just the uw concepts...