Recommendations for sepsis management in resource-limited settings.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To provide clinicians practicing in resource-limited settings with a framework to improve the diagnosis and treatment of pediatric and adult patients with sepsis.

Methods

The medical literature on sepsis management was reviewed. Specific attention was paid to identify clinical evidence on sepsis management from resource-limited settings.

Results

Recommendations are grouped into acute and post-acute interventions. Acute interventions include liberal fluid resuscitation to achieve adequate tissue perfusion, normal heart rate and arterial blood pressure, use of epinephrine or dopamine for inadequate tissue perfusion despite fluid resuscitation, frequent measurement of arterial blood pressure in hemodynamically unstable patients, administration of hydrocortisone o

SUBMITTER: Dunser MW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3307996 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature