Photo Highlights from the SDDS 2024 Installation of Officers Luncheon WWW.SDDSNY.ORG 9 of my own sepsis setting in, how could the average person? Sepsis is a major life-threatening event that dentists must be aware of. Be prepared to advise your patients when sepsis is suspected to head to the hospital ER, because that timely response just might save their lives. (Editor’s note: My family and I wish everyone a happy and healthy 2024!) REFERENCES 1. Lee JJ, Hahn LJ, Kao TP, Liu CH, Cheng SJ, Cheng SL, Chang HH, Jeng JH, Kok SH. Post-tooth extraction sepsis without locoregional infection--a population-based study in Taiwan. Oral Dis. 2009 Nov;15(8):602-7. 2. Centers for Disease Control. What is Sepsis? https://www.cdc.gov/sepsis/what-is-sepsis.html. Updated August 24, 2023. 3. Mayo Clinic. Sepsis. https://www.mayoclinic.org/ diseases-conditions/sepsis/symptoms-causes/ syc-20351214. Published February 10, 2023. 4. https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/ 334216/9789240010789-eng.pdf?sequence=1 5. WebMD. Sepsis (Blood Infection): Symptoms and Treatment. https://www.webmd.com/a-to-zguides/sepsis-septicemia-blood-infection. Reviewed December 5, 2023. 6. Mannan S, Tordik PA, Martinho FC, Chilian N, Hirschberg CS. Dental Abscess to Septic Shock: A Case Report and Literature Review. J Endod. 2021 Apr;47(4):663-670. 7. Sato H, Tamanoi T, Suzuki T, Moriyama H, Abe S, Yoshida K, Kawaai H, Yamazaki S. Risk Perception of Septic Shock with Multiple Organ Failure Due to Acute Exacerbation of an Infectious Dental Disease. Ther Clin Risk Manag. 2021 Apr 22;17:365-369. 8. End Sepsis. About End Sepsis. https://www. endsepsis.org/about/. Accessed December 18, 2023. 9. Baumgaertner E. C.D.C. Sets New Standards for Hospitals to Combat Sepsis. https://www.nytimes. com/2023/08/24/health/sepsis-hospitals-cdc.html. Published September 22, 2023. 10. Moor M, Bennett N, Plečko D, Horn M, Rieck B, Meinshausen N, Bühlmann P, Borgwardt K. Predicting sepsis using deep learning across international sites: a retrospective development and validation study. eClinicalMedicine Part of The Lancet. August 2023;62(102124) https:// www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/ PIIS2589-5370(23)00301-2/fulltext. Accessed December 18, 2023. SDDS President Dr. Tricia Quartey-Sagaille presents a certificate of recognition to Immediate Past President Dr. Raymond Flagiello, who is pictured with his wife, Meredith NYSDA President Dr. Anthony Cuomo addresses the audience The 2024 SDDS life members who attended the SDDS installation luncheon. From left to right: Drs. Paul Albicocco, Ralph Costagliola, Jean Fayette, Craig Ratner, Steven Schwartz and Ronald Mizrahi SDDS President Dr. Tricia Quartey-Sagaille (in white) with her family. From left to right: Dr. QuarteySagaille's parents, Samuel and Beatrice; her husband, Noel; and her brothers, Lambert and Michael Guests dine and mingle during the packed pre-Installation cocktail hour
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