Talk:Sepsis
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Terminology[edit]
This ref says "Septicemia has been defined in the past as the presence of microorganisms or their toxins in the blood. However, this term has been used clinically and in the medical literature in a variety of ways, which has added to confusion and difficulties in data interpretation. Septicemia also does not adequately describe the entire spectrum of pathogenic organisms that may infect the blood. We therefore suggest that this term be eliminated from current usage."[1]
Have adjusted to match.
Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 17:42, 30 September 2018 (UTC)
Redundant sentence[edit]
Is the sentence on Activated drotrecogin alfa needed in the lead. It is not mentioned elsewhere and seems irrelevant.--Iztwoz (talk) 18:47, 30 September 2018 (UTC)
- Found later ref to this without 'activated' - changed link.--Iztwoz (talk) 07:46, 1 October 2018 (UTC)
Queen's University Student Editing Initiative[edit]
Hello! We are a group of medical students from Queen's University in Canada. We will be working to improve this page over the next month, as part of a class initiative. We look forward to working with the existing Wikipedia medical editing community, and welcome any feedback as we learn to edit! Thank you!
ShikhaSonu (talk) 18:13, 1 October 2018 (UTC)
- Hello, we have compiled a list of suggestions to improve this article and would appreciate community feedback before we proceed with these edits. Here are our suggestions, with links to our proposed changes in our respective Sandboxes:
- Thanks for posting these changes. It looks like many of the sandboxes listed below have had some feedback added. Please look at your sandbox talk page as well, some Wikipedians may leave you messages there. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to let me know. One of the main things that I notice in your comments is that some of these improvements could be re-worded to make them easier to understand for the general reader (someone without a medical background). I know that this can be difficult to do, especially when you are discussion methylation, etc. Be sure to also add Wikilinks where appropriate. Wikilinks are used the first time the term is used in the Wikipedia article. Thanks to all of you for your work and suggestions! JenOttawa (talk) 02:02, 7 November 2018 (UTC)
- 1. We suggest further explaining the recommendation of crystalloid as the fluid of choice for fluid resuscitation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Spicycheeseramen/sandbox
- 2. We suggest that the phrase "Treating fever in people with sepsis does not affect outcomes" as listed in the Other section of the article be clarified and put into better context.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Wikisgl-fish/sandbox Wikisgl-fish (talk) 23:12, 5 November 2018 (UTC)
- 3. We suggest further expanding on the use of paralytic agents in septic patients.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Nletofsky/sandbox Nletofsky (talk) 15:44, 6 November 2018 (UTC)
- 4. We suggest updating the definitions of sepsis and septic shock.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:CullyQ/sandbox CullyQ (talk) 00:37, 7 November 2018 (UTC)
- Thank you again for your time and your help, and please let us know of any suggestions you may have! Spicycheeseramen (talk) 19:48, 5 November 2018 (UTC)