September Sepsis Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. Systemic response to infection
  2. 5. An important lab used as a marker to diagnosis sepsis and septic shock as well as the response to fluid resuscitation
  3. 9. Cardiovascular dysfunction is evidenced by _______ despite adequate volume resuscitation and may require vasopressor therapy
  4. 11. This lung sound can be auscultated as increased pulmonary capillary membrane permeability leads to pulmonary edema
  5. 14. Gram ________ bacteria are responsible for more than half of the cases of sepsis
  6. 15. Antibiotics therapy should be started within ____ hour of recognition
Down
  1. 1. Presence of viable bacteria in the blood
  2. 2. Systemic inflammatory response to a variety of severe clinical insults
  3. 4. Microbial phenomenon characterized by an inflammatory response to the presence of microorganisms or the invasion of normally sterile host tissue by those organisms
  4. 6. Draw two bottles prior to initiation of broad spectrum antibiotics
  5. 7. The patient may appear disoriented, confused, combative or lethargic due to decreased cerebral perfusion
  6. 8. Blood begins to clot in vessels due to hypotension
  7. 10. infections in health care facilities
  8. 12. Hand ________ along with a clean environment help
  9. 13. Altered organ function in an acutely ill patient such that homeostasis cannot be maintained without intervention