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Sepsis : Complications

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Septic shock is a serious condition that occurs when an overwhelming infection leads to life-threatening low blood pressure.Bacteremic shock; Endotoxic shock; Septicemic shock; Warm shock.Septic shock occurs most often in the very old and the very...
Source:ADAM
Date:October 18, 2008
Septic shock is a potentially lethal drop in blood pressure due to the presence of bacteria in the blood.Septic shock is a possible consequence of bacteremia, or bacteria in the bloodstream. Bacterial toxins, and the immune system response to them...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Septic shock is a syndrome in which a potentially lethal drop in blood pressure occurs as a result of an overwhelming bacterial infection.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Hepatorenal syndrome is a condition in which the kidneys fail suddenly in a person with cirrhosis of the liver. It is a serious complication of cirrhosis.Hepatorenal syndrome occurs when there is a decrease in kidney function in a person with a li...
Source:ADAM
Date:May 20, 2008
Disseminated intravascular coagulation(DIC) is a serious disorder in which the proteins that control blood clotting become abnormally active.Normally, when you are injured, certain proteins in the blood become activated and travel to the injury si...
Source:ADAM
Date:May 19, 2008
Disseminated intravascular coagulation(DIC) occurs mainly within the capillaries or the micro-circulation. It is a secondary complication of a diverse group of disorders that activate, in some way, the coagulation system.Disseminated intravascular...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
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