Bacteremia and Septic Shock

Sepsis and Nursing Care in Pediatric Patients

“…The risk factors for sepsis are preterm borns, intensive care patients, subject to intervention (surgery, central venous catheter, urinary catheter, intubation, mechanic ventilation etc. ), malnutrition, neutropenia, congenital or acquired immune deficiencies, congenital cardiac diseases, genitourinary anomaly, transplantation, burns and severe trauma (Lebel and Tapiero, 2002;Kaplan, 2003). Symptoms of sepsis may vary according to the age of the patient and the affected organs (Rahman et al, 2017;Rhodes et al, 2017).…”

“…Low body temperature, fever, sucking difficulty / intolerance, uneasiness, sleep tendency, convulsion, respiration difficulty, moaning, hepatitis (Yıldızdaş, 2005), distension, hepatosplenomegaly, vomiting, shock, change in skin color, sclerema in newborn and hemorrhage may be observed in newborns (Kaplan, 2003;Zea-Vera and Ochoa, 2015).…”

“…Similarly, in older children; symptoms related with organ dysfunctions such as heart, lung, kidney and brain, disruption in electrolyte and hormone balances, hemorrhages, hypotension, shock and coma (Kaplan, 2003).…”