Author/Editor		Lešničar, Gorazd; Blatnik, Janja; Šibanc, Branko; Parežnik, Roman; Čretnik-Žohar, Tjaša; Štorman, Alenka; Božanič, Vinko; Zdolšek, Barbara
Title		Sepsa na Oddelku za infekcijske bolezni in vročinska stanja v Celju v letih 2000 - 2002
Translated title		Sepsis in the Department of infectious diseases and febrile conditions of general hospital Celje in the years 2000-2002
Type		članek
Source		In: Baklan Z, Reberšek-Gorišek J, Kotnik-Kervokljan B, editors. Zbornik predavanj in praktikum Bedjaničev simpozij z mednarodno udeležbo o temi Sepsa in septični šok; 2003 maj 31-31; Maribor. Maribor: Splošna bolnišnica Maribor,
Publication year		2003
Volume		str. 49-62
Language		slo
Abstract		The aim of our study was to establish the incidence of sepsis, as well as fo identify the causes and source of infection in patients treated at the Department of Infectious Diseases and Febrile Conditions of General Hospital Celje in the years 2002 - 2002. In our retrograde study, sepsis was established in 496 (9,3%) of 5,316 admitted patients. Our definition of patients with sepsis was based on additional and stricter criteria than those reported in the literature. Thus, the source of sepsis was known in all patients, while the causative agent was proved in 277 (55,8%) of them, of these only in 41 (8,3%) patients it was isolated from hemoculture, while in 236 (47,6 %) patients the causative agent was isolated from other infectious cultures. Among the patients with known cause of infection, those with isolated Gram positive bacteria are prevailing (201 patients, i.e. 62,2%). As in Slovenia we still have not reached an agreement on the definition of sepsis, there is a great discrepancy between the number of patients diagnosed with sepsis and the number of patients registered by the Epidemiological Service. According to our relatively strict definition, at least one tenth of all the admissions to our Department are attributable to sepsis, while in the period 2000 - 2002, only 57 cases were reported to the Epidemiological Service from Celje health region with a population of 220.000, which is only slightly over 10% of all patients treated for sepsis at our Department. The data reported call for an urgent consensus on definition, reporting and registration of sepsis in our country.
Descriptors		SEPSIS BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION INCIDENCE LEUKOCYTE COUNT BODY TEMPERATURE HEART RATE SALMONELLA INFECTIONS ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES