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Septicemia - Symptom

Nombres alternativos

Toxemia; Bacteriemia con sepsis

Síntomas:

La septicemia puede comenzar con picos febriles, escalofríos, respiración acelerada y frecuencia cardíaca rápida. La persona igualmente luce muy enferma.

Los síntomas avanzan rápidamente hacia un shock con fiebre o disminución en la temperatura corporal (hipotermia), descenso de la presión arterial, confusión u otros cambios en el estado mental y problemas en la coagulación de la sangre que llevan a un tipo específico de manchas rojas en la piel (petequias y equimosis).

Puede haber disminución o ausencia del gasto urinario.

Pruebas y exámenes:

Un examen físico puede mostrar:

Presión arterial baja
Temperatura corporal baja o fiebre
Signos de enfermedades asociadas tales como: meningitis, epiglotitis, neumonía o celulitis

Los exámenes que pueden confirmar la infección son:

Hemocultivo
Gasometría arterial
CSC
Estudios de coagulación
- TP
- TPT
- niveles de fibrinógeno
Cultivo de LCR
Cultivo de cualquier lesión cutánea sospechosa
Conteo de plaquetas
Urocultivo

Reviewed last on: 8/28/2009
Linda Vorvick, MD, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington School of Medicine; Jatin M. Vyas, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Assistant in Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Enrione MA, Powell KR. Sepsis, septic shock, and systemic inflammatory response syndrome. In: Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 18th Ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007: chap 176.

Munford RS. Sepsis, severe sepsis, and septic shock. In: Mandell GL, Bennett JE, Dolin R, eds. Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. 6th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier; 2005: chap 67.

Shapiro NI, Zimmer GD, Barkin AZ. Sepsis syndromes. In: Marx, JA, ed. Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. 6th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2006: chap 136.

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