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In [[medicine]], '''sepsis''' is a form of "[[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]]."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref>
In [[medicine]], '''sepsis''' is a form of "[[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]]."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref>  


==Prognosis==
==Prognosis==

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In medicine, sepsis is a form of "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."[1]

Prognosis

Prognosis can be measured with the PIRO staging model.[2]

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