Slideshow: What is Sepsis? Symptoms, Treatment, and More
Medically Reviewed by Sabrina Felson, MD on September 27, 2022
Sepsis: The Basics
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Symptoms
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Who Gets Sepsis?
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How Do You Get It?
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Sepsis and Pregnancy
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Sepsis From Wounds and Burns
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Sepsis From MRSA
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Septic Shock
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Diagnosis
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Treatment
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After Sepsis
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CDC: “Sepsis Questions and Answers.”
Mayo Clinic: Diseases and Conditions Sepsis “Symptoms.”
MRSA Survivors Network.
National Institutes of Health: “Sepsis Fact Sheet.”
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Donald M. Yealy, MD, professor, chair, University of Pittsburgh Department of Emergency Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA.
September 27, 2022
Medically Reviewed by: Sabrina Felson, MD
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