Book Club Quiz 1 Chap 1-4
Chapter 1-4. Sepsis Handbook
- 1.A substantial portion of septic patients do not have underlying disease bearing on their life expectancy?
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 2.The initial management of a serious infection must proceed in a timely and systematic way. It is recommended that within the first hour blood samples should be taken?
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 3.Pneumonia is one of the most common sources of serious infection. Two classifications of Pneumonia that are identified as "serious", they are community acquired and ventilator associated?
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 4.Blood cultures remain the cornerstone of microbiological documentation of sepsis?
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.SIRS stands for Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 6.Sepsis is defined as (Check all that apply)
- A.
Deleterious host response to infection which is generally attributed to an uncontrolled and excessive, cytokine-mediated, host inflammatory response.
- B.
The body's systemic response to infection.
- C.
Presence of infection plus other sign and symptoms.
- D.
A and B only
- 7.Diagnosis of infection includes: (Check all that apply)
- A.
Identifying that source
- B.
Identifying the existence
- C.
Uncovering the Microorganism
- D.
Severity assessment
- 8.Identify the most common sources of serious infections (Check all that apply)
- A.
UTI
- B.
Pneumonia
- C.
Common Cold
- D.
Acute Meningitis
- E.
Acute abdominal pain
- 9.Drawbacks of blood cultures are (Check all that apply)
- A.
Specificity
- B.
Sensitivity
- C.
Slow growing organisms
- D.
None of the above
- 10.About one half of infections associated with sepsis in ICU patient are community acquired and one forth is associated with the hospital.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 11.----------------------- is the hallmark of severe sepsis and account for most of the morbidity of the syndrome?
- A.
Organ Dysfunction
- B.
Low heart Rate
- C.
Cardiovascular Disease
- D.
Pneumonia
- 12.The difference between sepsis and an infection is that Sepsis is a microbiological event inducing some host response while an infection comes from the host response to a microbiological event?
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 13.35-40% of these patients are affected by sepsis during their stay
- A.
ED
- B.
ICU
- C.
Cardiovascular
- D.
OBGYN
- 14.What is the SIRS Criteria. Check all that apply
- A.
Edema
- B.
Temperature >100.4 degrees Fahrenheit < 96.8 degrees Fahrenheit
- C.
Blood Glucose > 150 mb/ml in absence of diabeties
- D.
Diabeties > 120
- E.
HR - > 90bmp
- F.
Respirtory rate > 20 breaths/min
- G.
PaCO2 < 32 mm Hg
- H.
WBC . >12,000/mm3 or > 10% immature bands
- I.
New Onset of Confusion
- J.
Rash form on skin 20% visable
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