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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.
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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...
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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...
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Septic shock is a syndrome in which a potentially lethal drop in blood pressure occurs as a result of an overwhelming bacterial infection.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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