Provide a comprehensive definition of sepsis.
What will be an ideal response?
Sepsis has historically been defined as an uncontrolled inflammatory response to infection or trauma. It is now understood that sepsis is actually an immunosuppressive process that prevents an adequate response to infection and includes a range of conditions such as systemic inflammatory response syndrome and multiorgan failure. The Society for Critical Care Medicine defines sepsis as "life threatening organ dysfunction caused by dysregulated host response to infection." Septic shock is "a subset of sepsis with circulatory and cellular or metabolic dysfunction associated with higher risk of mortality."
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A woman has gained 30 pounds in her first two months of pregnancy and has been diagnosed with gestational diabetes. What should she know about her health risks from this condition? a. She is at risk of having a low-birthweight baby
b. This condition is permanent and must be monitored frequently. c. She should stop eating all carbohydrates to lower her blood glucose. d. This condition usually goes away after the baby is born. e. Her baby will have lifelong type 1 diabetes.
Vegetarian diets have been shown to lower the risk of the following diseases EXCEPT
A. colon cancer. B. type 1 diabetes. C. type 2 diabetes. D. breast cancer.
Determine the amount of energy that Mrs. Caldwell's PD prescription will provide each day. How will this affect your nutrition recommendations?
What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following triggers the breakdown of stored fat?
A. lipoprotein lipase B. epinephrine C. insulin D. estrogen