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Alternate Name(s): Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) ...... Sepsis is a severe illness caused by overwhelming infection of the bloodstream by toxin-producing bacteria.
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Sepsis is a life-threatening illness. Your body's response to a bacterial infection usually causes it. Your immune system goes into overdrive, overwhelming normal processes in your blood. The result is that small blood clots form, blocking blood flow to vital organs.
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Sepsis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sepsis is a serious medical condition characterized by a whole-body inflammatory state (called a systemic inflammatory response syndrome or SIRS) and the presence of a known or suspected infection. T...
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The Surviving Sepsis Campaign (SSC) has been developed by the European Society of Critical Care Medicine, the International Sepsis Forum, and the Society of Critical Care Medicine, to help meet the challenges of sepsis and to improve its management, diagnosis, and treatment. ... Building awareness of sepsis...
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Sepsis is a serious infection usually caused when bacteria make toxins that cause the immune system to attack the body's own organs and tissues. ... Sepsis is a serious infection usually caused by bacteria — which can originate in many body parts, such as the lungs, intestines, urinary tract, or skin — that make toxins...
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Learn about sepsis (blood infection) causes includeing pneumonia, bladder, kidney, or urinary tract infection, cellulitis, appendicitis, and meningitis. ... Sepsis Overview...
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XIGRIS.com is a website to learn more about XIGRIS (drotrecogin alfa [activated]). ... Xigris® is indicated for the reduction of mortality in adult patients with severe sepsis (sepsis associated with acute organ dysfunction) who have a high risk of death (e.g., as determined by APACHE II score ≥25). Xigris is not...
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Xigris® is indicated for the reduction of mortality in adult patients with severe sepsis (sepsis associated with acute organ dysfunction) who have a high risk of death (e.g., as determined by APACHE II score ≥25). Xigris is not indicated in adult patients with severe sepsis and a lower risk of death (e.g.,
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