describe the symptoms and treatment methods for hemorrhagic septicemia
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The adult patient should have a proven or suspected source of an infection (usually bacterial) and have at least two of the following problems to be diagnosed as having sepsis:
Altered mental status (for example, altered consciousness, mental confusion or delirium)
Fast respiratory rate (> 22 breaths/minute)
Low blood pressure (≤ 100 mm Hg systolic)
However, patients may have many other signs and symptoms that can occur with sepsis, such as
elevated heart rate (tachycardia),
fever,
low body temperature (hypothermia),
a reduced carbon dioxide (PaCO2) level in the blood,
Often, the first health care professionals to treat the patient with sepsis are the patient's primary care physician or pediatrician, often immediately followed by a specialist in emergency medicine. Almost all patients diagnosed with sepsis are treated in the hospital; there are no home remedies for sepsis. Hospitalists, critical care medicine physicians, and pulmonary specialists, infectious disease specialists, and occasionally a toxicologist or a surgeon may need to be consulted, depending upon the patient's condition and underlying medical cause of the sepsis.