Bone R C
Department of Medicine, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, USA.
Clin Chest Med. 1996 Jun;17(2):175-81. doi: 10.1016/s0272-5231(05)70307-5.
Sepsis is the systemic response to severe infection in critically ill patients. Sepsis, sepsis syndrome, and septic shock represent the increasingly severe stages of the same disease. Severe sepsis and septic shock occur in persons with preexisting illness or trauma. If sepsis is not diagnosed and treated early, it can become self-perpetuating, and elderly persons, in particular, are at a greater risk of death from sepsis.
脓毒症是危重病患者对严重感染的全身反应。脓毒症、脓毒症综合征和感染性休克代表了同一种疾病日益严重的阶段。严重脓毒症和感染性休克发生在已有疾病或创伤的患者身上。如果脓毒症不及早诊断和治疗，它会持续发展，尤其是老年人，死于脓毒症的风险更高。
