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  2. Sepsis - Wikipedia

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    A study of U.S. states found approximately 651 hospital stays per 100,000 population with a sepsis diagnosis in 2010. [110] It is the second-leading cause of death in non-coronary intensive care unit (ICU) and the tenth-most-common cause of death overall (the first being heart disease). [111]

  3. Post-acute infection syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Post-acute infection syndromes (PAISs) or post-infectious syndromes are medical conditions characterized by symptoms attributed to a prior infection. While it is commonly assumed that people either recover or die from infections, long-term symptoms—or sequelae —are a possible outcome as well. [ 1 ]

  4. Septic shock - Wikipedia

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    Septic shock is a result of a systemic response to infection or multiple infectious causes. The precipitating infections that may lead to septic shock if severe enough include but are not limited to appendicitis, pneumonia, bacteremia, diverticulitis, pyelonephritis, meningitis, pancreatitis, necrotizing fasciitis, MRSA and mesenteric ischemia.

  5. Beware of signs and symptoms of sepsis - AOL

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    Those are some of the manifestations of sepsis." The common symptoms of sepsis are increased heart rate, fever, cold and clammy skin, shortness of breath or rapid breathing, confusion or ...

  6. Teacher loses arms and legs to sepsis after strep infection ...

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    That led to sepsis, the body’s life-threatening response to infection, and septic shock, a dangerous drop in blood pressure and the most severe stage of sepsis, according to the Sepsis Alliance ...

  7. Five signs of sepsis you need to know and act on immediately

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    Sepsis usually begins with an infection, for example in the chest, skin, urine or meningitis, but in the early stages symptoms can be vague and hard even for doctors and nurses to recognise.

  8. Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Both SIRS and sepsis could ultimately progress to multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. In one-third of the patients, however, no primary focus can be found. [1] Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome is well established as the final stage of a continuum: SIRS + infectionsepsis → severe sepsis → Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome.

  9. Hyperimmunoglobulin E syndrome - Wikipedia

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    It is characterized by recurrent "cold" staphylococcal infections (due to impaired recruitment of neutrophils), [2] unusual eczema-like skin rashes, severe lung infections that result in pneumatoceles (balloon-like lesions that may be filled with air or pus or scar tissue) and very high (> 2000 IU/mL or 4800 mcg/L) [3] concentrations of the serum antibody IgE.