
Sepsis - World Health Organization (WHO)
2024年5月3日 · Sepsis can affect anyone, but people who are older, very young, pregnant or have other health problems are at higher risk. Common signs of sepsis include fever, fast heart rate, rapid breathing, confusion and body pain.
Sepsis - World Health Organization (WHO)
2024年12月8日 · Sepsis is a medical emergency and requires immediate attention to prevent further complications or death. It may present different warning signs and symptoms at times, some of which may cause misidentification with other conditions. A septic infection may cause a fever, but may also cause low body temperature, cold extremities and shivering.
Sepsis - World Health Organization (WHO)
La sepsis es una afección grave que se produce cuando el sistema inmunitario del cuerpo responde de manera extrema a una infección, lesionando sus propios tejidos y órganos. Cualquiera puede sufrir una sepsis, pero el riesgo es mayor en las personas de edad, las muy jóvenes, las embarazadas o las que tienen problemas de salud.
Mayo Clinic Q and A: Understanding sepsis and septic shock
2018年12月7日 · If it continues, sepsis can develop into septic shock, a life-threatening situation in which organs begin to fail and blood pressure drops even more dramatically. Any kind of infection can trigger sepsis. But certain infections, such as pneumonia, abdominal or kidney infection, and infections that affect the blood, are more likely to cause sepsis.
Consejos de salud: Sepsis: diagnóstico y tratamiento
2018年4月20日 · La sepsis, también conocida como septicemia, es una complicación potencialmente mortal que deriva de una infección. La sepsis se produce cuando las sustancias químicas liberadas en el torrente sanguíneo para combatir la infección provocan una reacción inflamatoria en todo el cuerpo. La inflamación puede, entonces, desencadenar una avalancha …
Sepsis - World Health Organization (WHO)
2024年5月3日 · Le sepsis est une affection potentiellement mortelle qui survient lorsque le système immunitaire réagit de façon extrême à une infection, entraînant une dysfonction d’organe (4). Cette réaction immunitaire provoque des lésions tissulaires et organiques et peut entraîner un état de choc, une défaillance multiviscérale et parfois le décès, surtout si elle n’est pas …
Clinical Care for Sepsis - World Health Organization (WHO)
2024年1月30日 · Sepsis is the most common serious complication of infection. It affects people worldwide, but has a particularly high burden in low- and middle-income countries where resources to treat it are more limited. Estimates from 2017 suggest 48.9 million cases of sepsis occur each year, with 11 million deaths. Many people who survive sepsis suffer long-term …
WHO calls for global action on sepsis - cause of 1 in 5 deaths …
2020年9月8日 · The World Health Organization’s first global report on sepsis finds that the effort to tackle millions of deaths and disabilities due to sepsis is hampered by serious gaps in knowledge, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. According to recent studies, sepsis kills 11 million people each year, many of them children. It disables millions more. But there’s …
Guidelines on the Clinical Management of Sepsis
2024年1月30日 · Sepsis is the most common serious complication of infection. It affects people worldwide, but has a particularly high burden in low- and middle-income countries where resources to treat it are more limited. Estimates from 2017 suggest 48.9 million cases of sepsis occur each year, with 11 million deaths. Many patients who survive sepsis suffer long-term …
Improving the prevention, diagnosis and clinical management of …
Sepsis is a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection. If not recognized and managed promptly, it can lead to septic shock, multiple organ failure and death. It is a serious complication of infection, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, where it represents a major cause of maternal and neonatal morbidity and …