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Septicemia, blood poisoning, severe sepsis, septic shock

Skin blotching and inflammation due to sepsis

Pronunciation 

/ˈsɛpsɪs/

Specialty

Infectious disease

Symptoms

Fever, increased heart rate, low blood pressure, increased breathing rate, low urine output or absent or near absent urine output, severe pain, confusion[1]

Complications

Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome; temporary, transient, or permanent organ damage; extra corporeal membrane oxygenation; blood filtration or dialysis

Usual onset

May be rapid (...