The trouble with sepsis is that there is a continuum between infection and severe sepsis with organ failure and it can be difficult to predict who with an infection will develop the worst outcome. I would suggest that infection with some symptoms of sepsis create a grey area where a GP cannot do all the investigations required, however they DO need to make a clinical assessment of some sort and make a considered judgement. Sepsis still isn’t in everyone’s vocabulary and although there are definitions, it is often still incorrectly diagnosed as ‘infection’. We often over-suspect hospital, where we (well some of us) have a low threshold to suspect it and can do tests easily. I would suggest (only based on anecdotal stories) that sepsis is under-suspected in GP land. “Try this first/second lot of antibiotics first”, “if you don’t have a high temperature that is good”, “we will do bloods in a few days”, “the Dr isn’t doing face-to-face at the moment”...etc.
Chicken dinner is cooking and then will be settling in for Line Of Duty. Have a pleasant evening all.
I’m not shocked. Many Drs (and nurses), particularly ITU ones, I have worked with over the years were very partial to a smoke and a good drink. Tried a vape Punk?
@AuntyRach sending love and strength to your MIL. Sepsis is very nasty indeed, my brother died from it a few years ago after almost recovering from a battle of cancer. He was only 21. After he died the hospital put up big posters and boards all around the hospital to warn of sepsis and the signs and symptoms. I can only hope that my brothers passing managed to save at least one person. I hope your MIL recovers very quickly!
@D0rdogne_Damsel It’s nice to meet you and thank you for the very warm welcome! Stumbled upon this forum after hours of searching for gardening tips because i’ve decided to finally start on my own garden this year after a good few years of helping my Grandfather tend to his. I have to say it’s all rather exciting for me because i don’t have many hobbies other than knitting.
All good @oliviataylor100, gardening has been so good for me during this long lockdown, although it has been a lifelong passion tbh. I do like knitting too, but it has to be simple, nothing too complicated. I have made some nice cushion covers and always make Christmas or Easter chocolate treat covers too.
“Coffee. Garden. Coffee. Does a good morning need anything else?” —Betsy Cañas Garmon
@D0rdogne_Damsel I wish i started it last year as i could imagine it would’ve been very beneficial for me during the start of lockdown as a little distraction, but better late than never ey! And we live in the Bury area so also on the outskirts, but i’m not much of a city dweller anyway. It’s nice to be out of the way but also close enough to all the action if needed
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The trouble with sepsis is that there is a continuum between infection and severe sepsis with organ failure and it can be difficult to predict who with an infection will develop the worst outcome. I would suggest that infection with some symptoms of sepsis create a grey area where a GP cannot do all the investigations required, however they DO need to make a clinical assessment of some sort and make a considered judgement. Sepsis still isn’t in everyone’s vocabulary and although there are definitions, it is often still incorrectly diagnosed as ‘infection’. We often over-suspect hospital, where we (well some of us) have a low threshold to suspect it and can do tests easily. I would suggest (only based on anecdotal stories) that sepsis is under-suspected in GP land. “Try this first/second lot of antibiotics first”, “if you don’t have a high temperature that is good”, “we will do bloods in a few days”, “the Dr isn’t doing face-to-face at the moment”...etc.
Chicken dinner is cooking and then will be settling in for Line Of Duty. Have a pleasant evening all.