|
Alternate Name(s): Bacteremic shock; Endotoxic shock; Septicemic shock; Warm shock ... Septic shock is a serious condition that occurs when an overwhelming infection leads to low blood pressure and low blood flow. The brain, heart, kidneys, and liver may not work properly or may fail. See also: Meningococcemia ...
|
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000668.htm#Def...
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000668.htm#Definition
|
|
|
|
Septic shock has a high death rate, exceeding 50%, depending on the type of organism involved. The organism involved and how quickly the patient is hospitalized will determine the outcome. ... Septicemia can rapidly lead to adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), septic shock, and death.
|
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001355.htm
|
|
|
Septic shock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Septic shock is a serious medical condition caused by decreased tissue perfusion and oxygen delivery as a result of infection and sepsis, though the microbe may be systemic or localized to a particul...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septic_shock
|
|
Definition of Septic shock: ... Septic shock is a serious condition that occurs when an overwhelming infection leads to life-threatening low blood pressure. ... Any type of bacteria can cause septic shock. Fungi and (rarely) viruses may also cause the condition. Toxins released by the bacteria or fungi may cause tissue damage,
|
www.umm.edu/ency/article/000668.htm
|
|
|
|
|
Sepsis is a serious bodywide response to bacteremia or another infection. Septic shock is life-threatening low blood pressure (shock) due to sepsis...
|
www.merck.com/mmhe/sec17/ch191/ch191c.html
|
|
Sepsis, severe sepsis, and septic shock are inflammatory states resulting from the systemic response to bacterial infection. In severe sepsis and septic shock, there is critical reduction in tissue perfusion. Common causes include gram-negative organisms, staphylococci, and meningococci.
|
www.merck.com/mmpe/sec06/ch068/ch068a.html
|
|
This page has information about septic shock. ... Sepsis and septic shock are systemic responses to infection. Approximately 70% of septic shock cases in humans are caused by a Gram-negative cell wall component, lipopolysaccharide (LPS), also known as endotoxin.
|
www.mcgill.ca/hostres/diseases/septic/
www.mcgill.ca/hostres/diseases/septic/
|
|
Overview: Clinicians often use the terms sepsis and septic shock without a commonly understood definition. In 1992, a consensus conference of the American College of Chest Physicians and the Society of Critical Care Medicine published the following ... ... The following systems and mediators are stimulated in septic shock:
|
emedicine.medscape.com/article/786058-overview
|
|
