Descriptor in English: | Sepsis |
Descriptor in Spanish: | Sepsis |
Descriptor in Portuguese: | Sepse |
Descriptor in French: | Sepsie |
Entry term(s): |
Blood Poisoning Blood Poisonings Poisoning, Blood Poisonings, Blood Pyaemia Pyaemias Pyemia Pyemias Pyohemia Pyohemias Sepsis, Severe Septicemia Septicemias Severe Sepsis |
Tree number(s): |
C01.757 C23.550.470.790.500 |
Scope note: | Systemic inflammatory response syndrome with a proven or suspected infectious etiology. When sepsis is associated with organ dysfunction distant from the site of infection, it is called severe sepsis. When sepsis is accompanied by HYPOTENSION despite adequate fluid infusion, it is called SEPTIC SHOCK. |
Annotation: | SEPSIS SYNDROME see SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME is also available |
Allowable Qualifiers: |
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid CI chemically induced CL classification CN congenital CO complications DG diagnostic imaging DH diet therapy DI diagnosis DT drug therapy EC economics EH ethnology EM embryology EN enzymology EP epidemiology ET etiology GE genetics HI history IM immunology ME metabolism MI microbiology MO mortality NU nursing PA pathology PC prevention & control PP physiopathology PS parasitology PX psychology RH rehabilitation RT radiotherapy SU surgery TH therapy TM transmission UR urine VE veterinary VI virology |
History Note: | 1995 |
DeCS UI: | 32031 |
Descriptor UI: | D018805 |
Date Established: | 1995/01/01 |
Date of Entry: | 1994/05/23 |
Revision Date: | 2009/07/06 |
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DISEASES
Infections [C01]Infections
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Sepsis
- Preferred
Severe Sepsis
- Narrower
Pyemia
- Related but not broader or narrower
Septicemia
- Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI |
M0028155 |
Scope note | Systemic inflammatory response syndrome with a proven or suspected infectious etiology. When sepsis is associated with organ dysfunction distant from the site of infection, it is called severe sepsis. When sepsis is accompanied by HYPOTENSION despite adequate fluid infusion, it is called SEPTIC SHOCK. |
Preferred term | Sepsis |
Concept UI |
M0494585 |
Scope note | Sepsis associated with organ dysfunction distant from the site of infection. |
Preferred term | Severe Sepsis |
Entry term(s) |
Sepsis, Severe |
Concept UI |
M0526933 |
Scope note | Septicemia caused by pyogenic microorganisms (e.g., STAPHYLOCOCCUS; BACILLUS), resulting in the formation of secondary foci of SUPPURATION and multiple ABSCESSES. |
Preferred term | Pyemia |
Entry term(s) |
Pyaemia Pyaemias Pyemias Pyohemia Pyohemias |
Concept UI |
M0019666 |
Scope note | Systemic disease associated with the presence of pathogenic microorganisms or their toxins in the blood. |
Preferred term | Septicemia |
Entry term(s) |
Blood Poisoning Blood Poisonings Poisoning, Blood Poisonings, Blood Septicemias |
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