Handbook of Sepsis by W. Joost Wiersinga & Christopher W. Seymour

Author:W. Joost Wiersinga & Christopher W. Seymour
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Cham

Removal of invasive catheters as soon as they are unnecessary [53]

Measures to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia, though some interventions are recently in question [54]

Attention to the patient as a person, including engaging patients and families in care [55, 56]

10.5.3 Treatments Targeting Specific Organ Systems

While ICU interventions may aid restoration of “normal” organ physiology, such interventions can also reverse an adaptive response to infection, damage the target organ more than they help it, or trigger adverse effects in distant organs via organ cross talk [57]. As a result, many—though not all—evidence-based approaches to sepsis-induced MOF reflect deadoption of harmful or useless interventions.

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