title: Sepsis Resuscitation: Consensus and Controversies.
abstract: Sepsis is a malignant intravascular inflammation representing the body's response to overwhelming and life-threatening infection. Sepsis can result in tissue damage, organ failure, and death. Critical care nurses are at the forefront for identifying sepsis and initiating the early goal-directed therapies that are known to improve survival. Among key factors in the successful resuscitation and stabilization of the septic patient are fluid management, establishment and maintenance of a secure airway, judicious use of pharmacological agents, and dynamic adjustments in therapy based on nuances detected in data from clinical monitoring.
authors.affiliation: University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor.
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Montanaro
mesh_terms: D032921:Consensus; D064648:Critical Care Nursing; D005440:Fluid Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000379:methods*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000628:therapy*; D012772:Shock, Septic