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Sepsis

What is sepsis?

Sepsis is your body's overactive and extreme response to an infection. Sepsis is a life-threatening medical emergency. Without quick treatment, it can lead to tissue damage, organ failure, and even death.

What causes sepsis?

Sepsis happens when an infection you already have triggers a chain reaction throughout your body. Bacterial infections are the most common cause, but other types of infections can also cause it.

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  1. Sepsis (National Library of Medicine)  
    What is sepsis? Sepsis is your body's overactive and extreme response to an infection. Sepsis is a life-threatening medical emergency. Without quick ... damage, organ failure, and even death. What causes sepsis? Sepsis happens when an infection you already have ...
  2. Neonatal sepsis is a blood infection that occurs in an infant younger than 90 days old. Early-onset sepsis is seen in the first week of life. ...
  3. Sepsis is an illness in which the body has a severe, inflammatory response to bacteria or other ... The symptoms of sepsis are not caused by the germs themselves. Instead, chemicals the body releases cause the response. A bacterial infection anywhere ...
  4. Sepsis (For Parents) (Nemours Foundation)  
    Streptococcal Infections/Children ... Streptococcal Infections ... Sepsis/Children ... Sepsis ... Nemours Foundation ... sepsis, neonatal, newborns, infants, children's health, ...
  5. What Is Sepsis? From the National Institutes of Health (National Institute of General Medical Sciences)  
    Bacterial Infections/Related Issues ... Bacterial Infections ... Sepsis/Start Here ... Sepsis ... National Institute of General Medical Sciences ... From the National Institutes ...
  6. What is Sepsis? (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)  
    Sepsis/Start Here ... Sepsis ... Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ... Sepsis is a medical emergency. Learn the risks, spot the signs and symptoms, and ACT ...
  7. Staying Safe From Sepsis
  8. ... that often occurs with severe infections. Also called sepsis , septicemia is a serious, life-threatening response to ... Shapiro NI, Jones AE. Sepsis syndrome. In: Walls RM, ed. Rosen's ... Practice . 10th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2023:chap 127. ...
  9. Sepsis (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)  
    CDC - The sepsis webpage includes basic information about sepsis, clinical tools and resources, quality improvement information, data reports, and related references ...
  10. Sepsis (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)  
    Shock/Specifics ... Shock ... Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
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