Septic shock

Septic shock: Excerpt from Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)

Signs and Symptoms

Onset: fewer, chills. Warm phase: pink, flushed skin; low urine output; blood pressure normal or slightly elevated; rapid, bounding pulse; rapid, shallow respirations; altered level of consciousness (anxiety, irritability, shortened attention span, agitation). Cool phase: pale, cool, mottled skin; decreased level of consciousness; obtundation; rapid, shallow respirations; peripheral pulses rapid, weak and thready, possibly irregular, or absent; low blood pressure

Treatment (Tx)

Antimicrobials to treat underlying cause, I.V. fluid replacement, colloid or crystalloid infusions, diuretics, vasopressors, removal and replacement of invasive devices

Book Source Details

• Book Title: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)
• Author(s): Springhouse
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Copyright Details: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), Copyright © 2005 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

More About Sepsis

• Back to disease: Sepsis: Introduction
• Next Book Extract About Sepsis: Give ketamine in patients with significant cardiac disease or sepsis (Avoiding Common Pediatric Errors)
• More Book Extracts: All Online Books for Sepsis

More Medical Textbooks Online about Sepsis

Review other book chapters online related to Sepsis:

Copyright notice for book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

More About This Book: Title: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition) Authors: Springhouse Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Copyright: 2005 ISBN: 1-58255-370-X

Rate This Website

What do you think about the features of this website? Take our user survey and have your say:

Website User Survey

Medical Tools & Articles:

Next articles:

• Give ketamine in patients with significant cardiac disease or sepsis (Avoiding Common Pediatric Errors)
• Sepsis (The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult)
• Surveys relating to Sepsis
• Ask Question about Sepsis

Tools & Services:

• Bookmark this page
• Symptom Search
• Symptom Checker
• Medical Dictionary
• Give your feedback

Medical Articles:

• Disease & Treatments Search
• Misdiagnosis Center
• Full list of interesting articles

Forums & Message Boards

• Ask or answer a question at the Boards:
• I cannot get a diagnosis. Please help.
• Tell us your medical story.
• Share your misdiagnosis story.
• What is the best treatment for my condition?
• See all the Boards.

Enter your search terms Submit search form
Search The Web Search wrongdiagnosis.com