Wejdan Sadan Alzahrani
- Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills
King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital
2022-2024
Background Early identification of a patient with infection who may develop sepsis is utmost importance. Unfortunately, this remains elusive because no single clinical measure or test can reflect complex pathophysiological changes in patients sepsis. However, multiple and laboratory parameters indicate impending organ dysfunction. Screening tools using these help identify the condition, such as SIRS, quick SOFA (qSOFA), National Warning Score (NEWS), Modified (MEWS). We aim to externally...
Introduction Early identification of a patient with infection who may develop sepsis is utmost importance. Unfortunately, this remains elusive because no single clinical measure or test can reflect complex pathophysiological changes in patients sepsis. However, multiple and laboratory parameters indicate impending organ dysfunction. Screening tools using these help identify the condition, such as SIRS, quick SOFA (qSOFA), National Warning Score (NEWS), Modified (MEWS). We aim to externally...