Sepsis Treatment and Symptoms entities Blood Poisoning; Septic Shock; Septicemia
Sepsis (in Greek Σήψις, putrefaction) is a serious medical condition, resulting from the immune response to a severe infection. Septicemia is sepsis of the bloodstream caused by bacteremia, which is the presence of bacteria in the bloodstream. The term septicemia is also used to refer to sepsis in general. Symptoms The immunological response that causes sepsis is a systemic inflammatory response causing widespread activation of inflammation and coagulation pathways. This may progre ...
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Sepsis Organizations
- Medline Plus http://medlineplus.gov/
- National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
- Nemours Foundation http://www.Nemours.org
- American Association for Clinical Chemistry
- Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases http://www.cancer.gov/
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences http://www.nigms.nih.gov/
- American College of Physicians http://www.acponline.org/
- Society of Critical Care Medicine
- Cleveland Clinic http://www.clevelandclinic.org
- Google Health https://www.google.com/health
Resources
- Blood Culture (Nemours Foundation)
- Blood Cultures (American Association for Clinical Chemistry)