Sepsis
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Sepsis is a life-threatening illness. Your body's response to a bacterial infection usually causes it. Your immune system goes into overdrive, overwhelming normal processes in your blood. The result is that small blood clots form, blocking blood flow to vital organs. This can lead to organ failure. Babies, old people and those with weakened immune systems are most likely to get sepsis. But even healthy people can become deathly ill from it. A quick diagnosis can be crucial, because one third of people who get sepsis die from it.
Sepsis is usually treated in a hospital intensive care unit (ICU). IV antibiotics and fluids may be given to try to knock out the infection and to keep blood pressure from dropping too low. Patients may also need respirators to help them breathe.
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How common is sepsis in the rest of the world?
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Sepsis: eMedicine Pediatrics: General Medicine
emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Sepsis is a problem that presents a management challenge to those who care for infants and children; however, early recognition and intervention clearly improves the outcome for infants and children with infections or intoxications that lead ...” View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com
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Most Americans Unfamiliar With Sepsis, Survey Finds
health.yahoo.net — “THURSDAY, Sept. 30 (HealthDay News) -- The majority of Americans don't know what the life-threatening immune response condition known as sepsis (or septic shock) is, according to a new survey.” View full resource at health.yahoo.net
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Lilly Pulls Sepsis Drug - WSJ.com
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Western diet exacerbates sepsis, mouse study suggests
sciencedaily.com — “High-fat diets cause a dramatic immune system overreaction to sepsis, a condition of systemic bacterial infection. An experimental study in mice has shown that a diet high in saturated fat, sugars and cholesterol greatly exaggerates the inflammatory response to sepsis.” View full resource at sciencedaily.com
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CMACE conference: Be aware of sepsis... - Royal College of Midwives
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Management of sepsis - nice summary - http://bit.ly/hC2AGM
Intra-abdominal Sepsis: eMedicine Gastroenterology
emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Intra-abdominal sepsis is an inflammation of the peritoneum caused by pathogenic microorganisms and their products.1 The inflammatory process may be localized (abscess) or diffuse in nature. Peritonitis is an inflammation of the peritoneal membrane caused ...” View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com
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Multisystem Organ Failure of Sepsis: eMedicine Critical Care
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Organs may sometimes fail due to the body's response to an infection, rather than actual infection. Causes & symptoms. http://bit.ly/cFFpbz
MD Consult: News: Nonsustained hypotension in sepsis: Red flag
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Infections That Cause Sepsis or Septic Shock Are On The Rise | Philadelphia Personal Injury Blog
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Infections that cause sepsis or septic shock are on the rise. http://t.co/5H3kKZNb
'Taxi' star Conaway has sepsis, pneumonia - UPI.com
upi.com — “Actor Jeff Conaway remained in a Los Angeles hospital Sunday with what a visitor said was a dangerous case of pneumonia and sepsis.” View full resource at upi.com
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Chris Powers MD
Dr. Powers, a graduate of Harvard University and the University of Virginia School of Law, moved to El Paso in 1984 to practice law. In 1993 he enrolled at the University of Texas at El Paso for the prerequisites for medical school and, a year later, entered Texas Tech University School of Medicine in Lubbock, Texas, graduating in 1998 with the Quest for Excellence Award.
Dr. Powers completed his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center in El Paso in 2002. He received the Berlex Best Teaching Resident Award, was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Medical Society and was named Chief Resident and Outstanding OB/GYN Resident.
Dr. Powers then joined the faculty of the Texas Tech School of Medicine where he practiced until March 2008. He saw private patients and taught residents and medical students, receiving the Association of Professors of Obstetrics and Gynecology (APGO) Excellence in Teaching Award in 2005 and recognition in 2007 and 2008 by the graduating senior students as Faculty and Teacher of the Year.
Dr. Powers is certified by, and a Diplomate of, the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG) and a Fellow of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG).
Dr. Powers practices, and enjoys, a full range of obstetrics and gynecology, but is particularly interested in pregnancy care, preventative health care, infertility, menstrual irregularities, menopause and weight loss. -
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