septic shock

medical condition defined as sepsis that has circulatory, cellular and metabolic abnormalities, is associated with clinical severity and greater risk of dying.

Key facts

Specialty: Infectious disease , critical care medicine , emergency medicine

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Research

48,076 papers

Sepsis and Septic Shock - Basics of diagnosis, pathophysiology and clinical decision making.The Medical clinics of North America · 2020
Endotoxic Septic Shock: Diagnosis and Treatment.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
The role of endotoxin in septic shock.Critical care (London, England) · 2023
Sepsis and septic shock: New definitions, new diagnostic and therapeutic approaches.Journal of global antimicrobial resistance · 2017
Administration of methylene blue in septic shock: pros and cons.Critical care (London, England) · 2024

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Purpura caused by thrombocytopenia on right hand in patient with septic shock Septic shock is a potentially fatal medical condition that occurs when sepsis, which is defined as an abnormal immune response to infection that leads to life-threatening organ dysfunction, leads to dangerously low blood pressure and abnormalities in cellular and metabolic dysfunction. The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3) defines septic shock as a subset of sepsis in which particularly profound circulatory, cellular, and metabolic abnormalities are associated with a greater risk of mortality than with sepsis alone. Patients with septic shock are cared for in the emergency department and intensive care units.

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