This can result in chills, an increased heart rate, and a faster breathing rate. Laboratory changes show either a high or low count of white blood cells, the cells that help the body fight off infection. [wisegeekhealth.com]

Symptoms Most patients have fever and chills, often of abrupt onset. However, some patients may be hypothermic (low temperature). Patients may breathe more rapidly and have changes in mental status (how they think, their alertness, etc.). [healthcentral.com]

The onset of septicemia is signaled by a high fever, chills, weakness, and excessive sweating, followed by a decrease in blood pressure. [britannica.com]

Symptoms include fever, chills, tachycardia, and increased respiratory rate. It is a medical emergency that requires urgent medical attention. [fpnotebook.com]

Clinical features suggesting the possibility of bacterial contamination and/or endotoxin reaction may include rigors, high fever, severe chills, hypotension, tachycardia, nausea and vomiting, dyspnoea, or circulatory collapse during or soon after transfusion [transfusion.com.au]

Clinical features suggesting the possibility of bacterial contamination and/or endotoxin reaction may include rigors, high fever, severe chills, hypotension, tachycardia, nausea and vomiting, dyspnoea, or circulatory collapse during or soon after transfusion [transfusion.com.au]

[…] by the development of small pleural and pericardial effusions, ascites, and increasing intestinal edema, which were probably due to a combination of EBOV endothelial-cell cytotoxicity 6 and decreasing serum protein concentrations as a consequence of rigorous [nejm.org]

[…] refill time, tachycardia Shock results from redistribution of intravascular circulation and myocardial depression Patients with hypotension as the initial presentation of sepsis have a twofold increased risk of death Constitutional Diaphoresis, fevers or rigors [aafp.org]

heart failure, cardiac depression caused by anesthetic overdosage or other drugs with negative inotropism, rarely, thromboembolism. colloidoclastic shock shock due to breakdown of the physical equilibrium of the body colloids. [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

Differential Diagnosis for Sepsis Anaphylaxis Cardiac Cardiac contusion Congestive heart failure Endocrine Adrenal dysfunction Diabetic ketoacidosis Hyperthyroidism Metabolic disturbance Neurologic Hypothalamic brain injury Pancreatitis Respiratory Acute [atrainceu.com]

Corticosteroid insufficiency in acutely ill patients. N Engl J Med. 2003 Feb 20. 348(8):727-34. [Medline]. Cronin L, Cook DJ, Carlet J, Heyland DK, King D, Lansang MA, et al. [medscape.com]

Ill Patients SOFA: Sequential Organ Failure Assessment. [ccforum.biomedcentral.com]

ill patients demonstrate reduction of deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolus with prophylaxis 23 Use mechanical devices when heparins are contraindicated; in very high-risk patients, low-molecular-weight heparin is preferred over unfractionated [aafp.org]

Differential Diagnosis for Septic Shock Acute blood loss Adrenal insufficiency Anaphylaxis and anaphylactoid reactions Cardiac arrest followed by post resuscitation syndrome Cardiogenic shock Hypovolemic shock Myocardial infarction Myxedema coma Neurogenic [atrainceu.com]

Synonym: childbed fever, puerperal sepsis. (05 Mar 2000) sepsis The presence of organisms in the blood. (16 Dec 1997) sepsis syndrome A systemic response to infection, defined as hypothermia or hyperthermia, tachycardia, tachypnea, a clinically evident [kmle.co.kr]

INFECTION symptoms Specific care Supportive care SEPSIS SEVERE SEPSIS SEPTIC SHOCK MODS BP Oxygenation BP Oxygenation Oliguria Fever Tachycardia Tachypnea Empiric antibiotic therapy Source control *Fluids *oxygen therapy * vasopressors *mechanical *EGDT [slideshare.net]

Fever, chills, tachycardia (rapid heart beat), and tachypnea (rapid respirations) are common acute symptoms of septicemia. When hypotension ( low blood pressure ) and signs of inadequate organ perfusion develop, the condition is termed septic shock. [healthcentral.com]

Be alert to tachypnea. Carefully auscultate the chests of ill patients who have a high respiratory rate, because tachypnea can be the first sign of a developing pneumonia (Shapiro et al., 2010). Heart. [atrainceu.com]

Systemic inflammatory response syndrome is identified when two of the four criteria (fever, tachycardia, tachypnea, and leukocytosis or leukopenia) are met. [aafp.org]

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Synonym: childbed fever, puerperal sepsis. (05 Mar 2000) sepsis The presence of organisms in the blood. (16 Dec 1997) sepsis syndrome A systemic response to infection, defined as hypothermia or hyperthermia, tachycardia, tachypnea, a clinically evident [kmle.co.kr]

It is marked by hypotension and coldness of the skin, and often by tachycardia and anxiety. Untreated shock can be fatal. Called also circulatory collapse. Mechanisms of Circulatory Shock. [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

Symptoms include fever, chills, tachycardia, and increased respiratory rate. It is a medical emergency that requires urgent medical attention. [fpnotebook.com]

Fever, chills, tachycardia (rapid heart beat), and tachypnea (rapid respirations) are common acute symptoms of septicemia. When hypotension ( low blood pressure ) and signs of inadequate organ perfusion develop, the condition is termed septic shock. [healthcentral.com]

Clinical features suggesting the possibility of bacterial contamination and/or endotoxin reaction may include rigors, high fever, severe chills, hypotension, tachycardia, nausea and vomiting, dyspnoea, or circulatory collapse during or soon after transfusion [transfusion.com.au]

Sepsis eventually may begin to affect organ function, causing symptoms of mental confusion or impaired kidney function. Sepsis can lead to septic shock, which often causes death. [wisegeekhealth.com]

Early signs of sepsis include: fever, shivering, or feeling cold fast heart rate fast breathing and shortness of breath sweaty or clammy skin changes in mental state, such as feeling sleepy, confused, or losing interest If medical attention is not accessed [medicalnewstoday.com]

The first sign of shock is often confusion and decreased consciousness. In this beginning stage, the extremities are usually warm. Later, they become cool, pale, and bluish. Fever may give way to lower than normal temperatures later on in sepsis. [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

However, bacteremia means the presence of bacteria in the blood; this can occur without any of the criteria listed above and should not be confused with sepsis. [medicinenet.com]

Hypocapnia and gram-negative bacteremic shock. Am J Surg. 1970 Apr;119(4):433–439. [PubMed] [Google Scholar] Bone RC. Let's agree on terminology: definitions of sepsis. Crit Care Med. 1991 Jul;19(7):973–976. [PubMed] [Google Scholar] Bone RC. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] inflammatory response syndrome (manifested by two or more of the following criteria: fever (temperature above 38 C) or hypothermia (temperature below 35.5 C), tachycardia (more than 90 beats per minute), tachypnea (more than 20 breaths per minute), or hypocapnia [ccforum.biomedcentral.com]