Management of crises during anesthesia and surgery : part XV : sepsis

Abstract EN

Sepsis which is defined as systemic response to infection may potentially causes multiple structures physiological stress and dysfunction such as; respiratory, renal, cardiovascular, and hematological.

Because quick consideration should be paid to so many body systems, prepared approach during anesthesia for a septic patient is a must1.

Patients with sepsis show signs of systemic inflammatory response syndrome, as result from generalized reaction to inflammation which may be caused by a wide range of infectious and non-infectious causes for example, burns, pancreatitis and multiple trauma2.