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a life-threatening condition in which tissues become damaged and blood pressure drops due to bacteria multiplying and producing poisons in the blood
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| septic shock |
The acute haemodynamic effects occurring during bacterial infection that are associated with release of cytokine mediators ?typically tumour-necrosis factor and interleukin-1 ?that drive hypotension, reflex tachycardia and peripheral vasodilation, and are possibly associated with the secondary production of nitric oxide, owing to the induction of nitric-oxide synthase.
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| septic shock |
1. shock associated with sepsis, usually associated with abdominal and pelvic infection complicating trauma or operations; 2. shock associated with septicemia caused by Gram-negative bacteria.
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| septic shock |
When sepsis occurs, especially by gram-negative bacteria, TNF-alpha is released systemically rather than locally. TNF-alpha increases vascular permeability, leading to a loss of plasma volume, and triggers the consumption of blood-clotting proteins. Organ failure frequently follos, and septic shock has a high mortality rate.
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