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MeSH Heading: Sepsis
Tree Number(s): C01.757; C23.550.470.790.500
Unique ID: D018805
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018805
Annotation: SEPSIS SYNDROME see SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME is also available
Scope Note: 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.
Entry Term(s): Blood Poisoning; Bloodstream Infection; Poisoning, Blood; Pyaemia; Pyemia; Pyohemia; Septicemia; Severe Sepsis
Previous Indexing: Septicemia (1966-1994); specific infection (1966-1994)
Public MeSH Note: 1995; for SEPTICEMIA see SEPTICEMIA 1966-2006
History Note: 1995
Date Established: 1995/01/01
Date of Entry: 1994/05/23
Revision Date: 2020/02/06

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

transmission (TM)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Sepsis MeSH Descriptor Data 2024