EM Cases – Sepsis and Septic Shock – What Matters from EM Cases Course
Learn some of the latest updates of what matters in sepsis from this post from EM Cases!
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Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Sit on the qSOFA: A pathophysiologic approach to qSOFA
The last few months have seen an enormous amount of controversy in the press, in the FOAMsphere, and in our ED hallways regarding the new consensus sepsis definition. The goal of this post is not to rehash the strengths and weaknesses of Sepsis 3, but rather to explore the pathophysiologic basis of the simplified clinical features of sepsis outlined in the qSOFA score, which might explain why the definition shook out the way it did. Hopefully, such an understanding will help us apply lessons learned from the derivation of Sepsis 3 to the management of these profoundly sick patients.