>>ZAC LASHWAY: ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE MORE
THAN 1 MILLION ADULTS IN THE
U.S. DEVELOP SEPSIS EVERY YEAR.
WORLDWIDE THE CONDITION CAUSES
ONE IN 5 DEATHS, JOINING ME
OVER THE PHONE RIGHT NOW WITH
HOW YOU HAVE HEALTH IS
IMPROVING THEIR RESEARCH ON
SEPSIS IS ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE DOCTOR
BURGESS DOCTOR FATIGUE OR JUST
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
US THIS MORNING.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> FIRST OF ALL WHAT IS SEPSIS.
>> YEAH THE SUBSTANCES WHEN YOU DEVELOP AN INFECTION SOMEWHERE IN YOUR BODY AND YOUR
BODY RESPONDS AND PART OF THE
SEVERE WAY TO THAT
INFECT THEM AND THAT BODY’S
RESPONSE IS WHAT ACTUALLY LED
THINGS LIKE ORGAN FAILURE AND
SEPTIC SHOCK WHICH HAS A VERY
>>ZAC LASHWAY: WHAT ARE THE
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF SEPSIS.
>> YEAH FOR THE MOST COMMON
TIME THAT THOSE WOULD BE THINGS
LIKE FEVER AND AN ELEVATED
HEART RATE. AND ALSO THE FINES
ASSOCIATED WITH A CERTAIN TYPES
OF INFECTION LIKE THIS YOU HAVE
PNEUMONIA, YOU HAVE A COUGH FOR
EXAMPLE OR YOU HAVE AN
ABDOMINAL INFECTION YOU MIGHT
HAVE THE DOMINANT THEME.
BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS CALL TO
DEVELOP THINGS LIKE
LIGHT-HEADEDNESS. WEDDING.
THOSE ARE OFFICE TIMES AS WELL.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: HOW DOES THIS IMPACT THE PERSON AND HOW COMMON IS THIS AMONG PATIENCE.
>> THAT THAT THAT
THIS IS THE ONLY A 100 TO ONE
IN 5 THAT IN THE WORLD ARE
DIRECTED TO BE THAT
THAT’S THAT. AND SO AND
PATIENTS CAN GET EXTREMELY SICK
WITH IT. AND IT REQUIRES PEOPLE
TO BE HOSPITALIZED FOR THE FLU.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: WHEN YOU LOOK AT PEOPLE WHO MIGHT GET SEPSIS OR CONTRACT SEPSIS
ARE THERE CERTAIN POPULATIONS
THAT ARE MORE AT RISK FOR
SEPSIS COMPLICATIONS.
>> YEAH, DEFINITELY ANYBODY
YOU KNOW WE SEE THIS IN OLDER
PATIENTS MORE WE ALSO SEE IN
PATIENTS TO HAVE.
IMMUNOCOMPROMISED OR SYMPTOMS
THAT AFFECT YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM
SUCH AS A DIABETES AND AND
OTHER INGS LIKE LIVER
DISEASE. THOSE TYPES OF
PATIENTS ARE INCREASED THIS
STEP IN.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: OFTEN WHEN WE
HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS WHERE
TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE
DIAGNOSIS MEANS WHAT THE
CONDITION IS LET’S TALK ABOUT
TREATMENT HOW THIS TREATMENT
FOR SEPSIS WORK.
>> YET THOUGH RIGHT NOW THE
MAINSTAY OF TREATMENT IT IS
GETTING A PATIENT’S RECOGNIZED
AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE.
AND ALSO TREATED THIS BUT THIS
POSSIBLE IN THE TREATMENT
USUALLY REFERS TO THIS IS ABOUT
IT
INTRAVENOUS FLUID. CHECKING A
BUNCH OF DIFFERENT A BLOOD TEST
TO SEE WHAT TYPE OF IMPACT THE
BUT WE CAN TAYLOR THAT KIND
OF INFECTION AND THEN
SOMETHING WE CALL FOR SOME
PEOPLE IT IS REALLY FIGURING
OUT WHERE THE INFECTION IS AND
HOW THE SORT OF CONTROL BUT
THAT
DOES IT.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: I UNDERSTAND YOU
F HEALTH IS CONDUCTING RESEARCH
ON SEPSIS.
>> YEAH THAT’S WE HAVE MANY
DIFFERENT GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
AND THOUGH OF WHAT ONE OF THE
STUDIES THAT WE’RE DOING ONE OF
THIS POINT THE GATORS DOCTOR,
THE BAR. SHE IS ACTUALLY
CONDUCTING A STUDY LOOKING AT
THAT’S THE FREE ADMISSION.
THE PATIENTS THAT COME INTO THE
HOSPITAL AND THEN
GET READMITTED AT A LATER TIME
FOR SEPSIS WE’RE FINDING THAT
THAT OCCURS
VERY FREQUENTLY AND IT IN MANY
DIFFERENT TYPES OF PATIENTS
THAT WERE HE TRYING TO ACTUALLY
UNDERSTAND THAT BETTER WITH THE
STUDY.
WE HAVE CLINICAL TRIALS GOING
ON AS ONE OF THEM IS ACTUALLY
LOOKING AT CHOLESTEROL LEVEL
AND
FUNCTION WHICH IT SOUNDS KIND
INTERESTING THAT LAST ALL OF
THINK THAT THAT’S THE BUT
WHAT WE’RE TRYING TO DO IS
ACTUALLY ADMINISTER LIFTED
INFUSION MEDICATIONS TO SEE IF
THEY
CAN EFFECT CHOLESTEROL LEVEL
DURING UP TO 50 IF THAT WOULD
PROVE THAT AS WELL. AND THAT’S
ACTUALLY MY BUDDY AND
ONE OF OUR OTHER INVESTIGATORS
DOCTOR LAUREN IS HEADING UP A
STUDY. SEPTIC SHOCK THERE HE’S
TRYING TO DETERMINE THE BEST
TIMING FOR CERTAIN MEDICATIONS
THAT WE USE TO TREAT THAT THE
TROP.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: ALL FASCINATING.
WHY SUCH A BIG EMPHASIS ON THIS
RESEARCH AT YOUR INSTITUTION.
>> JUST BECAUSE IT AFFECTS SO
MANY OF
OUR PATIENTS. AND IT’S JUST ONE
OF THE THINGS EVEN JUST A
LITTLE BIT OF THE DAY YOU CAN
SAVE A LOT OF LIVES.
AND SO WE FEEL LIKE EVERY
LITTLE STEP THAT WE MAKE WITH
FIGURING OUT THE DISEASE
WILL HELP US TO SAVE MORE LIVES
THAN WE FOUND THAT WITH OUR
SUPPORT PROGRAM THAT YOU HAVE
OUT
THERE EARLY. IT IS EARLY
RECOGNITION AND WE FOUND THE
DOCTORS
AND MORTALITY. IT’S LIKE THE
DAY AND THAT’S WHAT
MONEY AS WELL AND ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT WE’RE LOOKING AT
JUST TRY TO ANYTHING WE
CAN DO. KNOCKED THAT MORTALITY
RATE AND TO HELP PATIENTS GET
BETTER FASTER.