title: Identifying sepsis too late.
abstract: Sepsis campaign awareness and adherence to the SSC bundles remain a challenge for many healthcare providers causing wide-ranging results, but hospitals are consistently reporting reduced sepsis-related mortality associated with adherence to the SSC guidelines. This case study is likely very similar to many of the other hundreds of thousands of people who died of sepsis in 2010. Would following the SSC guidelines have made a difference for this patient? It’s difficult to know for sure, but this case illustrates the importance of remaining in formed about the latest research and guidelines in healthcare. Visit www.surviving sepsis.org to learn more about the guidelines for treating sepsis.
authors.affiliation: • Adult clinical nurse specialist Memorial Hospital of Carbondale • Carbondale, Ill.
authors.forename: April
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D057210:Delayed Diagnosis / Q000451:nursing*; D016529:Emergency Nursing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D018805:Sepsis / Q000451:nursing* / Q000503:physiopathology; D055815:Young Adult