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A severe illness, sepsis results from a bloodstream infection. Common sepsis symptoms include fever, shaking, chills, hyperventilation, tachycardia, delirium, and other sepsis symptoms. With a death rate as high as sixty percent, sepsis is a very serious condition. Patients with existing health conditions can greatly increase the fatality rate if developing sepsis. Sepsis can sometimes lead to other complications like septic shock, impaired blood flow to essential organs such as the brain, heart, and kidneys, and disseminated intravascular coagulation.
Becoming more common, sepsis can affect anyone, though most sepsis sufferers have a decreased level of immunity. Receiving sepsis treatment is necessary in ridding the illness, and the sepsis treatment administered will vary depending on the severity of the sepsis as well as individual factors.
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More Drotrecogin® Resources
MedLine Plus Drug Information - Guide to prescription and over-the-counter medications provided by the United States Pharmacopeia.
Drotrecogin Alfa - patient information and warnings for those being treated for severe sepsis.