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5 days ago · Sepsis Trust. According to the UK Sepsis Trust, five people are killed by sepsis every hour in the UK, making it one of the country’s biggest killers. It arises when the body’s response to an infection injures its own tissues and organs. The body’s immune system – which normally helps to protect us and fight infection – goes into ...
5 days ago · Sepsis can be very difficult to spot, but if it is caught early it is easily treatable. In adults and older children, symptoms can include slurred speech or confusion; extreme shivering or muscle ...
5 days ago · Signs of sepsis in children are slightly different, particularly if the child is very young. In addition to previously described symptoms other potential signs include a weak, high-pitched cry ...
5 days ago · He plans to campaign for greater awareness of the signs of sepsis, and for Britain’s state-funded National Health Service, which treated him and saved his life, to offer better treatment and ...
3 days ago · Diagnosis and treatment of sepsis and septic shock are fundamental for emergency clinicians, and include knowledge of clinical and laboratory indicators of subtle and overt organ dysfunction, infection source control, and protocols for prompt identification of the early signs of septic shock. This issue is a structured review of the literature ...
4 days ago · Mackinlay, 57, said he wants to be known as “the bionic MP.” He plans to campaign for greater awareness of the signs of sepsis, and for Britain’s state-funded National Health Service, which ...
5 days ago · Sepsis can be very difficult to spot, but if it is caught early it is easily treatable. In adults and older children, symptoms can include slurred speech or confusion; extreme shivering or muscle pain; passing no urine in a day; severe breathlessness; and mottled or discoloured skin and sometimes a rash that does not fade when you roll a glass ...
