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Risk factors

By Mayo Clinic staff

Sepsis is more common and more dangerous in people who:

  • Are very young or very old
  • Have compromised immune systems
  • Are already very sick, often in a hospital's intensive care unit
  • Have invasive devices, such as intravenous catheters or breathing tubes
Complications Causes

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References
  1. Sepsis fact sheet. National Institute of General Medical Sciences. http://www.nigms.nih.gov/Publications/factsheet_sepsis.htm. Accessed May 16, 2011.
  2. Shapiro NI, et al. Sepsis syndromes. In: Marx JA, et al. Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. 7th ed. Philadelphia, Pa.: Mosby Elsevier; 2010. http://www.mdconsult.com/books/about.do?about=true&eid=4-u1.0-B978-0-323-05472-0..X0001-1--TOP&isbn=978-0-323-05472-0&uniqId=230100505-57. Accessed May 17, 2011.
  3. Neviere R. Sepsis and the systemic inflammatory response syndrome: Definitions, epidemiology and prognosis. http://uptodate.com/home/index.html. Accessed May 17, 2011.
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  5. Chang HJ, et al. Patient page: Sepsis. Journal of the American Medical Association. 2010;304:1856.
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