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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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• Definition
• Septicemia Overview, Causes, & Risk Factors
• Septicemia Symptoms & Signs
• Septicemia Prevention
• Septicemia Diagnosis & Tests
• Septicemia Treatment
• Septicemia Prognosis
• Septicemia Complications
• Calling Your Health Care Provider
Topics that might be of interest to you Diseases & Conditions
• ARDS (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome)
• Bleeding Disorders
• Cellulitis
• Epiglottitis
• Meningitis
• Osteomyelitis
• Periorbital Cellulitis
• Pneumonia
• Sepsis
• Septic Shock
• Sickle Cell Anemia
• The Flu
• Waterhouse-Friderichsen Syndrome
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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