Sepsis is a potentially life-threatening condition that arises when the body's response to infection causes injury to its own tissues and organs. This...
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Neonatal sepsis is a type of neonatal infection and specifically refers to the presence in a newborn baby of a bacterial blood stream infection (BSI) (such...
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Septic shock (category Sepsis)
International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3) defines septic shock as a subset of sepsis in which particularly profound circulatory...
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guidelines that emerged from the Surviving Sepsis Campaign the Sepsis Six was developed by The UK Sepsis Trust. (Daniels, Nutbeam, Laver) in 2006 as...
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Sepsis is a genus of flies in the family Sepsidae. S. barbata Becker, 1907 S. biflexuosa Strobl, 1893 S. cynipsea (Linnaeus, 1758) S. duplicata Haliday...
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The Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) is a global initiative to bring together professional organizations in reducing mortality from sepsis. The purpose...
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Postpartum infections (redirect from Puerperal sepsis)
infection is that of the uterus and surrounding tissues known as puerperal sepsis, postpartum metritis, or postpartum endometritis. Risk factors include caesarean...
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spleen. The infections are typically characterized by either meningitis or sepsis, and are caused by encapsulated organisms including Streptococcus pneumoniae...
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Febrile neutropenia (redirect from Neutropenic sepsis)
hematopoietic cancers or receiving chemotherapy for cancer. The term neutropenic sepsis is also applied, although it tends to be reserved for patients who are less...
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Sepsis Alliance is a non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness of sepsis. This awareness is accomplished through a variety of methods, including...
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Vibrio vulnificus (redirect from Vibrio vulnificus sepsis)
expanding skin infections by entering a wound causing cellulitis or even sepsis.: 279 V. vulnificus is also a source of foodborne illness. It was first...
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Angelica Hale (section Sepsis Alliance)
named as the national spokesperson for Sepsis Alliance's "It's About TIME" campaign, which raises awareness for sepsis as a medical emergency. "'America's...
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Ascending cholangitis (redirect from Biliary sepsis)
development of sepsis, and is seen less commonly still. In the elderly, the presentation may be atypical; they may directly collapse due to sepsis without first...
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sequential organ failure assessment score (SOFA score), previously known as the sepsis-related organ failure assessment score, is used to track a person's status...
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deoxygenated blood from the right side of the heart to the lungs.[citation needed] Sepsis following a throat infection was first described by Hugo Schottmüller in...
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Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (category Sepsis)
abnormal regulation of various cytokines. SIRS is also closely related to sepsis, in which patients satisfy criteria for SIRS and have a suspected or proven...
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Themira annulipes (redirect from Sepsis annulipes)
(Meigen, 1826) Synonyms Sepsis annulipes Meigen, 1826 Nemopoda brunicosa Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 Nemopoda varipes Meigen, 1838 Sepsis marginata Hoffmeister...
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Procalcitonin (section Sepsis)
procalcitonin can be used as a marker of severe sepsis caused by bacteria and generally grades well with the degree of sepsis, although levels of procalcitonin in...
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gangrene is caused by an infectious agent, it may present with a fever or sepsis. Risk factors include diabetes, peripheral arterial disease, smoking, major...
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Streptococcus agalactiae (redirect from Streptococcal sepsis)
cause of several bacterial infections of the newborn neonatal infection sepsis, pneumonia, and meningitis, which can lead to death or long-term sequelae...
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Complications may include organ failure. Relatively common causes include sepsis, surgery, major trauma, cancer, and complications of pregnancy. Less common...
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Neonatal infection (redirect from Sepsis neonatorum)
of the amniotic sac) which substantially increases the risk of neonatal sepsis by allowing passage for bacteria to enter the womb prior to the birth of...
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Sepsis flavimana is a European species of flies and member of the family Sepsidae. Meigen, J.W. (1826). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäische...
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Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (category Sepsis)
needed] Sepsis is the most common cause of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome and may result in septic shock. In the absence of infection, a sepsis-like...
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Purpura fulminans (section Severe acute sepsis)
prematurity). Purpura fulminans is a presenting feature of severe acute sepsis, such as Neisseria meningitidis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Group A and B...
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outcomes in people with severe sepsis. The manufacturer's aggressive strategies in marketing its use in severe sepsis have been criticized. On October...
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inflammatory disease, intra-abdominal infection, pneumonia, cellulitis, and sepsis. It is given by injection into a vein. Common adverse effects include headache...
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Themira nigricornis (redirect from Sepsis nigricornis)
Sepsidae Subfamily: Sepsinae Genus: Themira Species: T. nigricornis Binomial name Themira nigricornis (Meigen, 1826) Synonyms Sepsis nigricornis Meigen, 1826...
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Sepsis cynipsea is a European species of fly and member of the family Sepsidae. It is a coprophagous fly that feeds on dung. These flies are most commonly...
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Eosinopenia (section Role in inflammation and sepsis)
sepsis or if their absence is only an indicator that the immune system is dysregulated. The causative role of eosinopenia to poor survival in sepsis,...
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