Transcription of What to Do About Obstructive Urosepsis
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Focus on CME at xxx72 The Canadian Journal of CME / December 2003 Focus on CME at Memorial University of NewfoundlandGavin Duffy, MD, FRCSCP resented at Wednesday at Noon Ask the ConsultantWhat to Do AboutObstructive UrosepsisSepsis has been described as the sys-temic inflammatory response set of definitions has beenpublished from the consensus conferenceof the American College of ChestPhysicians and the Society of CriticalCare Medicine (Table 1).2 Urosepsisimplies that the focus of infection causingsepsis arises from the urinary tract obstruction can occur at anylevel, and it can be due to congenital oracquired causes (Table 2).
tion of a kidney with infection tends to lead to accelerated damage of the renal unit, even in the face of appropriate antibiotics. Therefore, delay may lead to long-term renal impairment. 3 What can be done for
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