What is the difference between sepsis & septic shock?

Written By: user Dr. Yash Javeri
Published On: 15 Nov, 2021 4:07 PM | Updated On: 21 Nov, 2024 4:03 PM

What is the difference between sepsis & septic shock?

The video talks about the difference between sepsis and septic shock by Dr. Yash Javeri, Critical Care Expert, Secretary of Society of Critical Care Medicine, New Delhi. There are no definite definitions of sepsis and septic shock. The difference between them is high morbidity and mortality in septic shock. Sepsis remains a statistical problem. He will further explain the criteria which is used to diagnose sepsis.

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Dr. Yash Javeri

He was Senior Consultant at Institute of Critical Care Medicine, Max Super Specialty Hospital, Saket, Delhi. He has done his graduation from Government Stanley Medical College, Chennai, Post-graduation in Anesthesiology from JNMC, AMU and was awarded gold medals during graduation and post-graduation. He was trained in Critical Care Medicine from Sir Gangaram Hospital Delhi in Infection Control from John Hopkins. He started the first specialty hemato-oncology critical care unit and have worked across allied specialties and societies to popularize Critical Care and ISCCM. He have published many articles in Journals of repute. He has also designed the first Intensive Care Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Course credited with initiating Advance Sepsis Management Course which was later endorsed by Global Sepsis Alliance. He have been involved in various phase three trials and other original research projects. His special interest is in Trauma Critical Care, Infectious Diseases, Extracorporeal therapies Ethics, Adjuvant therapies and Critical care nursing and is presently involved in outsourcing and designing protocols for resource limited settings.

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