Condition
Sepsis
A life-threatening reaction in which the body's response to an infection damages its own organs. It needs emergency hospital care.
Also called: blood infection, septicemia, septic shock
Who Can Help with Sepsis?
- Hospitalists
A physician who cares for patients while they are admitted to the hospital, then hands care back to their regular doctor at discharge.
- Critical Care Doctors
A physician who treats critically ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU).
- Infectious Disease Doctors
A physician who treats complex or long-lasting infections, such as HIV, hepatitis and infections that do not respond to usual treatment.
- Emergency Medicine Doctors
A physician who treats sudden illness and injury in a hospital emergency department.
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General information, not medical advice. Ask a provider about sepsis and what is right for you.