Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: nuconvert
Well, "disease of the month" is a little flip. Sepsis is a serious problem and not just as a secondary infection to another disease process, but also iatrogenic induced sepsis.

I did not say "secondary infection".

I said "secondary complication".

By definition, an "iatrogenic induced sepsis" is a complication of whatever intervention (central line, Foley catheter, wound contamination, etc.) gave rise to the sepsis.

Sepsis is not a primary disease that you simply "catch" out of the clear blue sky.

For example, Stonewall Jackson was shot in the arm. The arm had to be amputated. He then developed pneumonia, possibly from aspiration during surgery. He then developed sepsis and died.

Stonewall Jackson did not die because he "caught" sepsis. He died because he "caught" a .577 caliber Enfield round to his arm.

Anything that can get bacteria into the bloodstream from a gunshot wound, to pneumonia, to childbirth, to a central venous line inserted during hospitalization to cutting your hand while gardening can cause sepsis.

The author refers to sepsis as "a common bloodstream infection" as if it were a unique infectious disease such as AIDS or TB.

The lay reader is left to wonder and fear if he might "catch" sepsis if he goes to visit Aunt Martha at the hospital.

14 posted on 02/15/2004 8:34:47 PM PST by Polybius
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies ]


To: Polybius
Thanks.
I'm not a lay reader.
I know what iatrogenic means.

16 posted on 02/15/2004 8:46:42 PM PST by nuconvert ("Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies ]

To: Polybius
My mother died from sesis. She was diagnois two weeks before that with ALS,she went in to the hospital came home and developed sesis and died.
25 posted on 02/15/2004 11:32:05 PM PST by patriciamary
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies ]

To: Polybius
The author refers to sepsis as "a common bloodstream infection" as if it were a unique infectious disease such as AIDS or TB. The lay reader is left to wonder and fear if he might "catch" sepsis if he goes to visit Aunt Martha at the hospital.

I have statistics on sepsis and there are a few things that cause it. The problem is that they don't have a protocol for treating sepsis because no one in the government has given them an approved formula that will protect them from being sued by lawyers. The proper formula for sepsis is a no-brainer since the situation is immediately life threatening (vancomycin and diflucan). 30% of all bodies in hospital morgues are from sepsis.

29 posted on 02/16/2004 2:36:08 AM PST by MedicalMess
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson