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Sepsis
Sepsis is a life-threatening illness. Your body's response to a bacterial infection usually causes it. Your immune system goes into overdrive, overwhelming normal processes in your blood. The result is that small blood clots form, blocking blood flow to vital organs. This can lead to organ failure. Babies, old people and those with weakened immune systems are most likely to get sepsis. But even healthy people can become deathly ill from it. A quick diagnosis can be crucial, because one third of people who get sepsis die from it.
Sepsis is usually treated in a hospital intensive care unit (ICU). IV antibiotics and fluids may be given to try to knock out the infection and to keep blood pressure from dropping too low. Patients may also need respirators to help them breathe.
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Sepsis(National Institute of General Medical Sciences)
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Sepsis
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Overviews
- Sepsis(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Sepsis: What You Should Know(Society of Critical Care Medicine) - PDF
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Latest News
- Swallowed Toothpicks Can Lead to Big Trouble, Experts Warn(09/11/2012, HealthDay)
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Diagnosis/Symptoms
- Bacterial Wound Culture(American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
- Blood Culture Test(American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
- Procalcitonin Test(American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
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Specific Conditions
- Bacteremia(Merck & Co., Inc.)
- Blood Poisoning: When to See a Doctor(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Sepsis and Septic Shock(Merck & Co., Inc.)
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Severe Strep Infections(National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
- Toxic Shock Syndrome(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
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Clinical Trials
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Bacteremia(National Institutes of Health)
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Sepsis(National Institutes of Health)
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Septicemia(National Institutes of Health)
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Shock, Septic(National Institutes of Health)
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Bacteremia
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Research
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Life After Traumatic Injury: How the Body Responds(National Institute of General Medical Sciences)
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Tracking Bacteria in the Blood(National Institute of General Medical Sciences)
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Journal Articles
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Organizations
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Statistics
- Inpatient Care for Septicemia or Sepsis: A Challenge for Patients and Hospitals(National Center for Health Statistics)
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Children
- Blood Culture(Nemours Foundation)
- Fast Facts about Group B Strep(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Sepsis(Nemours Foundation)
- Sepsis in the Newborn(Merck & Co., Inc.)
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Teenagers
- Toxic Shock Syndrome(Nemours Foundation)
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Patient Handouts
- Group B streptococcal septicemia of the newborn
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- Neonatal sepsis
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- Sepsis
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- Septic shock
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- Septicemia
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- Toxic shock syndrome
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