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Septicemia
Alternate Names : Bacteremia with Sepsis, Blood Poisoning
Septicemia Symptoms & Signs
- fever (sudden onset, often spiking)
- chills
- toxic looking (looks acutely ill)
- changes in mental state
- shock
- cold
- clammy
- pale
- cyanotic (blue)
- unresponsive
- skin signs associated with clotting abnormalities
- petechiae
- ecchymosis (often large, flat, purplish lesions that do not blanch when pressed)
- gangrene (early changes in the extremities suggesting decreased or absent blood flow)
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decreased or no urine output
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Tests & Exams
Blood Culture Blood Pressure CBC CSF Culture Fibrinogen Partial Thromboplastin Time (PTT) Platelet Count Prothrombin Time (PT) Urine Culture - Clean Catch
Other Topics
Agitation Bleeding Into the Skin Blood Pressure - Low Central Nervous System Consciousness - Decreased Fatigue Hypothermia Immunizations - General Overview Intravenous Paleness Physical Examination Shock Urine Output - Decreased
Review Date : 11/18/2003
Reviewed By : D. Scott Smith, MD, MSc, DTM&H, Infectious Diseases Division and Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University Medical School, Stanford, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
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