Early recognition + first-hour antibiotics + guided resuscitation: the mortality-lowering triad.
Unrecognized septic shock
Fluid-refractory hypotension + lactate > 2 = septic shock.
A source needing urgent control
Abscess, perforation, infected urinary obstruction — antibiotics alone are not enough.
Neutropenic sepsis
A febrile chemotherapy patient = immediate broad antibiotics, no waiting for results.
Remeasure lactate after initial resuscitation — its clearance is the key response marker.
The elderly may present with confusion alone, no fever.
Call a sepsis alert early — the minutes before the first antibiotic count.
Bleeding/diarrhea history, no fever or source.
Crackles, full neck veins, ischemic ECG.
Clear trigger, urticaria and edema.
Clinical pearl
Department rule: fever + hypotension = sepsis until proven otherwise, and the first hour belongs to it.
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