Health and Medical Guide to Infections Sepsis Health information topics about Sepsis: Children 1. Toxic Shock Syndrome Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/parent/infections/bacterial_viral/toxic_shock.html 2. Sepsis Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/parent/pregnancy_newborn/medical_problems/sepsis.html... 3. Blood Culture Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/parent/general/sick/labtest3.html Clinical Trials 1. ClinicalTrials.gov: Shock, Septic National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D012772&recruiting... 2. ClinicalTrials.gov: Septicemia National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D012687&recruiting... 3. ClinicalTrials.gov: Sepsis National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D018805&recruiting... Diagnosis/Symptoms 1. Blood Culture American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/blood_culture/test.html Organizations 1. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disea http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ Overviews 1. Sepsis: What You Should Know Society of Critical Care Medicine http://www.sccm.org/patient_family_resources/support_brochures/sepsis.asp Prevention/Screening 1. Consumers Need to Be Aware of Threat of Sepsis Society of Critical Care Medicine http://www.sccm.org/press_room/press_releases/2002/sepsis_threat.asp Research 1. Research Brief: Stop Cell Death, Help Treat Sepsis National Institute of General Medical Sciences http://www.nigms.nih.gov/news/releases/brief_coopersmith.html 2. Possible New Test for Diagnosing Sepsis American College of Physicians http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/141/1/I-46 3. Low Doses of Steroids Improve Survival in Patients American College of Physicians http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/141/1/I-64 4. Key to Accurately Diagnosing Sepsis Lies in Consen Society of Critical Care Medicine http://www.sccm.org/press_room/press_releases/2002/sepsis_definition.asp Specific Conditions 1. Blood Poisoning (Septicemia) Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00716 2. Guide to Severe Sepsis Society of Critical Care Medicine http://www.sccm.org/press_room/sepsis_guide.asp 3. Myths and Facts about Sepsis and Severe Sepsis Society of Critical Care Medicine http://www.sccm.org/press_room/sepsis_myths.asp 4. Toxic Shock Syndrome Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DS00221 Statistics 1. Sepsis Statistics Society of Critical Care Medicine http://www.sccm.org/press_room/sepsis_statistics.asp   Recommended Resources: [CaRP] Can't open cache file. [CaRP] Unable to create/open RSS cache file. [CaRP] Failed to open file: /home/einfecti/public_html/carp/autocache/c56f49b02c797209bec1338a4d957740 [CaRP] Can't open remote newsfeed.