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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • Sepsis thoracica, more commonly known as the black scavenger fly, a species of fly from the genus Sepsis and the family Sepsidae. It was discovered by...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    (Meigen, 1826) Synonyms Sepsis annulipes Meigen, 1826 Nemopoda brunicosa Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 Nemopoda varipes Meigen, 1838 Sepsis marginata Hoffmeister...
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    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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    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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    oxygen 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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    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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    Complications may include organ failure. Relatively common causes include sepsis, surgery, major trauma, cancer, and complications of pregnancy. Less common...
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  • Sepsidae Subfamily: Sepsinae Genus: Themira Species: T. nigricornis Binomial name Themira nigricornis (Meigen, 1826) Synonyms Sepsis nigricornis Meigen, 1826...
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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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    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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  • 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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  • promptly or does not heal it can cause pelvic sepsis. Pelvic sepsis: Pelvic sepsis also called peri pouch sepsis is a main cause of pouch failure and it creates...
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  • Group JK corynebacterium sepsis is a form of sepsis which occurs when the bacterium Corynebacterium jeikeium colonizes the skin of healthy individuals...
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