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10TH LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE UNITED STATES LARGELY UNKNOWN

Severe sepsis is one of the most challenging medical problems in intensive care medicine. It results in more than 200,000 deaths in the United States each year.

Sepsis is caused by an overwhelming blood infection, which can originate anywhere in the body. Signs of severe sepsis may include an abnormally high or low body temperature, heart rate, or breathing and overall weakness. These signs may progress quickly, as the body turns on itself while fighting an infection or injury. Vital organs, starved of oxygen, fail.

Early recognition and aggressive treatment can mean the difference between life and death, as it was for the patient profiled in this video news release.