Abstract
Sepsis is a life-threatening pathogenic state characterized by whole-body inflammation triggered by an infection. The presence of an infection may be confirmed by the identification of pathogens in the bloodstream (mainly bacteremia or fungemia) and/or in other locations. The mortality attributable to sepsis is still high (30-50 %), in spite of major progress in the general management of intensive care patients.
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Preiser, J. C., & Vincent, J. L. (2014). Sepsis. In Metabolism of Human Diseases: Organ Physiology and Pathophysiology (pp. 319–322). Springer-Verlag Wien. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-0715-7_46
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