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Sepsis in adults
Severe purpura fulminans; classically associated with meningococcal sepsis but can occur with pneumococcal sepsis
From the collection of Ron Daniels, MB, ChB, FRCA; used with permission
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Sepsis in adults
National Early Warning Score 2 (NEWS2) is an early warning score produced by the Royal College of Physicians in the UK. It is based on the assessment of six individual parameters, which are assigned a score of between 0 and 3: respiratory rate, oxygen saturations, temperature, blood pressure, heart rate, and level of consciousness. There are different scales for oxygen saturation levels based on a patient’s physiological target (with scale 2 being used for patients at risk of hypercapnic respiratory failure). The score is then aggregated to give a final total score; the higher the score, the higher the risk of clinical deterioration
Reproduced from: Royal College of Physicians. National Early Warning Score (NEWS) 2: Standardising the assessment of acute-illness severity in the NHS. Updated report of a working party. London: RCP, 2017.
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The relative frequencies of sources of infection in sepsis
Created by the BMJ Knowledge Centre; based on 'NCEPOD. Just say sepsis! Nov 2015'
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Sequential (or Sepsis-related) Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) criteria
Created by BMJ, adapted from Vincent JL, Moreno R, Takala J, et al. The SOFA (Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment) score to describe organ dysfunction/failure. On behalf of the Working Group on Sepsis-Related Problems of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine. Intensive Care Med 1996;22:707-10.
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Capillary refill time. Top image: normal skin tone; middle image: pressure applied for 5 seconds; bottom image: time to hyperaemia measured
From the collection of Ron Daniels, MB, ChB, FRCA; used with permission
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BMJ Rapid Recommendations: intravenous corticosteroids plus usual care versus usual care only
Lamontagne F, et al. BMJ 2018;362:k3284
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Videos
- Diagnostic lumbar puncture in adults: animated demonstration
How to perform a diagnostic lumbar puncture in adults. Includes a discussion of patient positioning, choice of needle, and measurement of opening and closing pressure.
- Tracheal intubation animated demonstration
How to insert a tracheal tube in an adult using a laryngoscope.
- Femoral venous access
Demonstrates how to obtain femoral venous access.
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