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Abstract
Systemic inflammatory response syndrome with a proven or suspected infectious etiology. When sepsis is associated with organ dysfunction distant from the site of infection, it is called severe sepsis. When sepsis is accompanied by HYPOTENSION despite adequate fluid infusion, it is called SEPTIC SHOCK.
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- Bloodstream Infection
- Bloodstream Infections
- Infection, Bloodstream
- Blood Poisoning
- Poisoning, Blood
- Pyaemia
- Pyemia
- Pyohemia
- Septicemia
- Severe Sepsis
- Blood Poisonings
- Poisonings, Blood
- Pyaemias
- Pyemias
- Pyohemias
- Sepsis, Severe
- Septicemias
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.
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SEPSIS SYNDROME see SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME is also available
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History Note
1995
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Previous Indexing
- Septicemia (1966-1994)
- specific infection (1966-1994)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Sepsis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018805. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018805
- Sepsis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sepsis
- Sepsis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q183134