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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Sepsis is a serious medical condition characterized by a whole-body inflammatory state caused by infection.
Traditionally the term sepsis has been used interchangeably with septicaemia and septicemia ("blood poisoning").[1] However, these terms are no longer considered synonymous; septicemia is considered a subset of sepsis.[2]
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References
- ↑ Stedman's Medical Dictionary. URL: http://www.emedicine.com/asp/dictionary.asp?keyword=septicemia. Accessed on: June 30, 2007.
- ↑ Stedman's Medical Dictionary. URL: http://www.emedicine.com/asp/dictionary.asp?keyword=sepsis. Accessed on: June 30, 2007.