Sepsis begins with an infection—bacterial, viral or fungal—that initiates a systemic inflammatory response. This, in turn, drives loss of vascular integrity that causes vascular leakage ...

Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that happens when your immune system has a severe reaction to an infection and causes inflammation throughout the body. 1,2 Sepsis can cause damage to ...

It can also be used to describe sepsis, a potentially life-threatening reaction of the body to septicemia. Both conditions are mainly caused by bacteria but can also be triggered by viruses ...

Bacteria Gram positive in sputum gram stain.red background. Both sepsis and bacteremia involve bacteria in the bloodstream. Bacteremia generally is not a serious condition, but sepsis can be life ...

Infant sepsis or blood infection in infants is one of the common causes of death among infants and children worldwide each ...

With thousands of people falling ill with sepsis each year in Ireland, just what is this illness and who is most vulnerable?

That’s a huge number, given that over 350,000 Americans who develop sepsis die every year, according to the CDC, making it the third leading cause of death in hospitals.

A breakthrough study by Irish researchers pinpointed a biomarker for the early identification of the potentially deadly ...

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Sepsis is one of the leading causes of maternal death—and the most expensive to treat worldwide. Sepsis occurs when a bacterial infection spreads from one organ to the entire bloodstream.

Pediatric critical care remains a pivotal frontier in modern medicine, confronting unique challenges shaped by the dynamic physiology and developmental ...