4 Ways to Get Ahead of Sepsis [2018]

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• Alternative Title:
  Four ways to get ahead of sepsis
• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  Infections put you and your family at risk for a life-threatening condition called sepsis. ; Sepsis is the body’s extreme response to an infection. It is life-threatening, and without timely treatment, sepsis can rapidly lead to tissue damage, organ failure, and death. Sepsis happens when an infection you already have—in your skin, lungs, urinary tract or somewhere else—triggers a chain reaction throughout your body. ; To learn more about sepsis and how to prevent infections, visit www.cdc.gov/sepsis. ; Consumer_infographic_four-ways-to-get-ahead-of-sepsis_print-only_508.pdf
• Subjects:
  • Health Promotion
  • Sepsis
• Series:
  Get Ahead of Sepsis
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Pages in Document:
  1 unnumbered page
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/132227/cdc_132227_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 206.58 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
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