SEPSIS Analysis

WHAT IS SEPSIS?

SEPSIS is a life threatening condition that arises when the body's response to an infection will damage it's own organs. The infection will weaken the

immune system causing one/more body organs to dysfunction and if severe it could ultimately result to death.

Not all the infections can cause SEPSIS but any infection has potential to lead to SEPSIS.

In SEPSIS:

1) White blood cells may increase that will cause lower amount of oxygen flow through red blood cells.

2) Thus metabolism demand is more but blood circulation is less as a result.

3) The infections are usually capable of immune response and inflammation (Means body can recognize bad bacteria and knows how to fight with it and to recover) but people who get

infected by SEPSIS are unable to fight

What infections can cause SEPSIS/Risk Factors:

1) Bacterial infections are most common with the reoccurring infections and recovery takes longer and sometimes damages some body organs.

2) Viral, fungal, Parasitic infections are possible.

3) LRTI (eg. Pneumonia) 64%

4) Abdominal 20%, Urine infections 14% are some of the most common source of SEPSIS

5) Blood infections are likely to be 15% causing this disease

SEPSIS is also called as "SEPTICAEMIA" means poisoning of blood. But the blood not necessarily to be contaminated to cause SEPSIS

Factors at HIGH Risk to get SEPSIS are:

1) Old age (People over 65+)

2) People with weak immune system like diabetes, pregnant women or breastfeeding moms.

3) Immunocompromised: like people with Cancer taking Kimo therapy, taking high dose of medicines and steroids

4) People who gone through recent surgery/ procedure.

5) Hemodialysis

6) People who consume high Alcohol/ drugs misuse.

Signs/ Symptoms of SEPSIS:

1) Infectious symptoms eg. Cough

2) Fever

3) Reduction in urine output

4) Altered mental status/ Slurred speech

So it's very important for SEPSIS patients to get admitted in the ICU. Let's see the visualization of total no. of Sepsis and Non-Sepsis patients admitted in the ICU.

In this analysis, we found out that demographic parameters in relation to sepsis, revealing that older

patients (65+), particularly males, have longer lengths of stay and are more

vulnerable to sepsis compared to females.

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