Signs and symptoms of sepsis: raising awareness in the learning disability community.
Why you should read this article: • To enhance your awareness of sepsis as a cause of mortality in people with learning disabilities • To remind yourself of the life-threatening nature of sepsis and the vital need for prompt recognition • To prompt you to contribute to raise awareness of sepsis in t...
| Publicado en: | Learning Disability Practice Vol. 24; no. 2; pp. 27 - 33 |
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| Formato: | pictorial tables/charts teaching materials Journal Article |
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Royal College of Nursing of the United Kingdom (The)
4/1/2021
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=157611728&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 157611728 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 14658712 FTU jtl: Learning Disability Practice issn: 14658712 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 4/1/2021 vid: 24 iid: 2 pid: 6040 pub: Royal College of Nursing of the United Kingdom (The) artinfo: ui: 157611728 157611728 157611728 10.7748/ldp.2021.e2099 157611728 ppf: 27 ppct: 6 formats: tig: atl: Signs and symptoms of sepsis: raising awareness in the learning disability community. aug: au: Doherty, Patrick Barksby, Justine McCorkindale, Melissa affil: Learning disability nursing student, De Montfort University, Leicester, England sug: subj: Intellectual Disability Sepsis Symptoms Health Literacy Patient Education Sepsis Physiopathology Health Information Bacterial Infections Sepsis Mortality Access to Information Diagnostic Errors Healthcare Disparities ab: Why you should read this article: • To enhance your awareness of sepsis as a cause of mortality in people with learning disabilities • To remind yourself of the life-threatening nature of sepsis and the vital need for prompt recognition • To prompt you to contribute to raise awareness of sepsis in the learning disability community In sepsis, prompt diagnosis and immediate treatment are vital to avoid deterioration, organ failure and death. Sepsis is challenging to recognise because there is no one single presenting sign and because it may initially present similarly to conditions such as influenza, gastroenteritis or a chest infection. Sepsis has been shown to be an important cause of mortality in people with learning disabilities, in whom recognising sepsis in a timely manner presents its own challenges. Improving awareness of sepsis in the learning disability community, including by providing easy-read information on this life-threatening condition, is important to assist in reducing the number of avoidable deaths from sepsis among people with learning disabilities. This article discusses sepsis in people with learning disabilities and describes a leaflet developed as part of a student assignment at De Montfort University to inform people with learning disabilities about sepsis. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: pictorial tables/charts teaching materials Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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