Sepsis
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What to expect with sepsis:
About 10 to 50 percent of people with sepsis die from the disease, depending on the severity of the infection that caused sepsis.
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Sepsis Underlying Cause
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Foley RN, Guo H, Snyder JJ, Gilbertson DT, Collins AJ. Septicemia in the United States dialysis population, 1991 to 1999. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2004 Apr;15(4):1038-45.
Singh SA, Dutta S, Narang A. Predictive clinical scores for diagnosis of late onset neonatal septicemia. J Trop Pediatr. 2003 Aug;49(4):235-9.
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