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DEFINITION:Sepsis is a potentially life-threatening. It is an extreme response of the body to an infection.Sepsis occurs when a current infection overwhelms the body’s defense mechanism causing inflammation leading to tissue damage, multiple organ failure and sometimes death. Sepsis associated with organ dysfunction was identified as severe sepsis. Septic shock is a subset of sepsis...