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The management of severe sepsis and septic shock in the elderly should be performed as per the International Surviving Sepsis Guidelines. The sepsis resuscitation and management bundles should be started early and have been shown to improve survival with good compliance over different age groups[ 37 , 38 ].
Many people who survive sepsis recover completely and their lives return to normal. However, as with some other illnesses requiring intensive medical care, some patients have long-term effects.
Sepsis can be treated, and in many instances, lives are saved by using existing and proven protocols. Recovery: Many people fully recover from sepsis while others may have long-lasting effects, such as amputations or organ dysfunction, like kidney failure.
10 Ιαν 2024 · Managing sepsis in older patients poses greater challenges and necessitates a comprehensive understanding of predisposing factors and a heightened suspicion for diagnosing infections and assessing the risk of sudden deterioration into sepsis.
Sepsis needs treatment in hospital straight away because it can get worse quickly. You should get antibiotics within 1 hour of arriving at hospital. If sepsis is not treated early, it can turn into septic shock and cause your organs to fail. This is life threatening.
14 Ιουλ 2023 · In this article, we outline a holistic approach to the management of sepsis in older adults that promotes individualised patient management, taking into account frailty, comorbidities, patient values, and the limited applicability of available evidence and guidelines.
6 Φεβ 2024 · Only 54% of older adult (65+) sepsis survivors return home, and 37% require nonacute healthcare facilities.12. Compared to patients with other diagnoses, adult patients hospitalized with sepsis are half as likely to be discharged home, and 3 times as likely to be discharged to long-term care.3.
