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blood poisoning, bacteremia, sepsis, septicemia, presence of bacteria, in the blood, bacteremia, severe disease, septicemia, serious, rapidly progressing, life-threatening infection, arise from infections throughout the body, infections, in the lungs, abdomen, urinary tract, precede, coincide, infections, the bone, osteomyelitis, central nervous system, meningitis, tissues, septicemia, rapidly lead to septic shock, death, septicemia associated, organisms meningococci, lead to shock, adrenal collapse, disseminated intravascular coagulopathy, a condition, waterhouse-friderichsen syndrome, septicemia, begin, spiking fevers, chills, rapid breathing, heart rate, outward appearance of seriously ill, toxic, a feeling of impending doom, symptoms rapidly progress to shock, decreased body temperature, hypothermia, falling blood pressure, confusion, changes in mental status, blood-clotting abnormalities evidenced by hemorrhagic lesions, in the skin, petechiae, ecchymosis, fever, sudden onset, spiking, chills, toxic looking, looks acutely ill, changes in mental state, irritable, lethargic, anxious, agitated, unresponsive, comatose, shock, cold, clammy, pale, cyanotic, blue, unresponsive, skin signs associated, clotting abnormalities, petechiae, ecchymosis, large, flat, purplish lesions that, not blanch, pressed, gangrene, early changes, in the extremities suggesting decreased, absent blood flow, decreased, no urine output, physical examination, low blood pressure, low body temperature, fever, signs of associated disease, meningitis, epiglottitis, pneumonia, cellulitis, confirm infection, blood culture, urine culture, csf culture, culture of any suspect skin lesion, cbc, platelet count, clotting studies, pt, ptt, fibrinogen levels, blood gas, disorder must be treated, hospital, admission to an intensive care unit, intravenous, iv, fluids, given to maintain the blood pressure, strong iv drugs, sympathomimetics, needed to maintain the blood pressure, oxygen therapy is begun to maintain oxygen saturation, infection is treated, broad spectrum antibiotics, effective against a wide range of organisms, the organism is identified, once cultures have identified the specific organism that is responsible, the infection, antibiotics, specific, organism, begun, plasma, treatment needed, correction of clotting abnormalities, septic shock has a high death rate, exceeding 50%, depending on the type of organism involved, organism involved, immediacy of hospitalization, determine the outcome, irreversible shock, waterhouse-friderichsen syndrome, adult respiratory distress syndrome, ards, septicemia is not common but is devastating, early recognition, prevent progression to shock, child, fever, shaking chills, who looks acutely ill, an emergency, child, evidence of bleeding into his skin, an emergency, child who has been ill, has any changes in mental status, an emergency, child is not current on vaccinations, has not had immunizations, hemophilus influenza b, commonly referred to, a hib shot, child has a damaged spleen from any disease, has had it removed, schedule an appointment, an immunization against pneumococcal disease, appropriate treatment of localized infections, prevent septicemia, hib vaccine, children has already reduced the number of cases of hemophilus septicemia, hemophilus meningitis, epiglottitis, periorbital cellulitis, routine part, the recommended childhood immunization schedule, children, had spleen removed, diseases that damage the spleen, sickle cell anemia, should receive pneumococcal vaccine, pneumococcal vaccine is not part, the routine childhood immunization schedule, close contacts, parents, siblings, friends, septic children, certain organisms pneumococcus, meningococcus, hemophilus, require preventive antibiotic therapy, prescribed by the health care provider, type of antibiotic, determined by the organism involved.