Questions tagged [sepsis]
Tag for questions related to the body’s overwhelming and life-threatening response to infection which can lead to tissue damage, organ failure, and death. Sepsis is an illness in which the body has a severe response to bacteria or other germs. This response may be called systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS).
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How does sepsis affect heart function?
I have intuition that sepsis with infection can cause:
spastic functioning of heart during systole
heart working spontaneously in snatches during systole
atrial fibrillation
first contraction of ...
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Can SIRS occur without Sepsis from Infection?
I am thinking this figure
It suggests me that there has to be Sepsis that infection can lead to SIRS.
I am thinking particularly the pathogenesis of Cryptococcus neoformans where
respiratory tract $...
