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Septicemia : Complications

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Septicemia
Septicemia can rapidly lead to adult respiratory distress syndrome(ARDS), septic shock, and death.Septicemia associated with meningococci can lead to shock, adrenal collapse, and Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome.
Source:ADAM
Date:July 25, 2007

Specific Complications Articles

Septic shock
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
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
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
Acute respiratory distress syndrome
Acute respiratory distress syndrome(ARDS) is a life-threatening lung condition that prevents enough oxygen from getting into the blood.Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema; Increased-permeability pulmonary edema; Stiff lung; Shock lung; ARDS; Acute lung...
Source:ADAM
Date:January 18, 2008
Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Adult respiratory distress syndrome(ARDS), also called acute respiratory distress syndrome, is a type of lung(pulmonary) failure that may result from any disease that causes large amounts of fluid to collect in the lungs. ARDS is not itself a spec...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome
Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome is adrenal gland failure due to bleeding into the adrenal gland. It is caused by severe meningococcal infection or other severe, overwhelming infection.Symptoms include acute adrenal gland insufficiency and profoun...
Source:ADAM
Date:August 16, 2007
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