Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock

Sepsis, a complex physiological and metabolic response to infection, is a common reason for admission to an intensive care unit. This review examines the basis, diagnosis, and current treatment of this disorder. Sepsis is one of the oldest and most elusive syndromes in medicine. Hippocrates claimed...

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Published in:	The New England journal of medicine Vol. 369; no. 9; pp. 840 - 851
Main Authors:	Angus, Derek C, van der Poll, Tom
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Waltham, MA Massachusetts Medical Society 29.08.2013
Series:	Critical Care Medicine
Subjects:	Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy Bacterial diseases Bacterial sepsis Biological and medical sciences Emergency and intensive care: infection, septic shock General aspects Gram-positive bacteria Human bacterial diseases Humans Incidence Infectious diseases Intensive care Intensive care medicine Medical sciences Metabolic response Pathogenesis Resuscitation Risk Factors Sepsis Sepsis - etiology Sepsis - immunology Septic shock Shock, Septic - diagnosis Shock, Septic - etiology Shock, Septic - physiopathology Shock, Septic - therapy Streptococcus infections United States > US Infection Medicine Sepsis syndrome Bacteriosis Septic shock Severe Bacteremia
ISSN:	0028-4793, 1533-4406, 1533-4406
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