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  1. Septic Shock: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment - Cleveland Clinic

    Jun 14, 2022 · What is septic shock? Septic shock is a serious medical condition that can occur when an infection in your body causes extremely low blood pressure and organ failure due to sepsis. Septic …

  2. Sepsis - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic

    Feb 10, 2023 · Sepsis may cause atypical blood clotting. The resulting small clots or burst blood vessels may damage or destroy tissues. Most people recover from mild sepsis, but the mortality rate for …

  3. Septic shock - Wikipedia

    Septic shock is a potentially fatal medical condition that occurs when sepsis, which is defined as an abnormal immune response to infection that leads to life threatening organ dysfunction, leads to …

  4. Septic Shock - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf

    Septic shock, the most severe complication of sepsis, carries a high mortality. Septic shock occurs in response to an inciting agent, which causes both pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory immune …

  5. Septic Shock Definition, Treatment, Symptoms, Causes & Signs

    Septic shock is low blood pressure that occurs due to an infection and requires medications to raise the blood pressure. Fever, chills, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, anxiety, cyanosis, and kidney failure are …

  6. Early Signs of Sepsis: Symptoms and When to Seek Care

    Dec 21, 2025 · Early signs of sepsis may include severe pain, shortness of breath, and mental confusion. Sepsis can quickly progress to septic shock and even death in as little as 12 hours if …

  7. Sepsis and Septic Shock - Critical Care Medicine - Merck Manual ...

    Sepsis is a clinical syndrome of life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated response to infection. In septic shock, there is critical reduction in tissue perfusion and acute failure of multiple …

  8. Septic Shock - EMCrit Project

    Nov 11, 2025 · Septic shock is often initially characterized by a hyperdynamic state, with warm extremities and elevated cardiac output (“warm shock”). Some patients may subsequently transition …

  9. Septic shock | Description, Infection, Symptoms, & Treatment

    Dec 27, 2025 · Septic shock, severe and potentially life-threatening condition characterized particularly by dangerously low blood pressure, confusion and disorientation, and organ dysfunction.

  10. Sepsis and Septic Shock | New England Journal of Medicine

    Dec 4, 2024 · Sepsis is associated with long-term complications among survivors. Biologic features of sepsis include dysregulated inflammation, immunosuppression, and vascular injury. Management of …