 Sepsis
"Sepsis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Systemic inflammatory response syndrome with a proven or suspected infectious etiology. When sepsis is associated with organ dysfunction distant from the site of infection, it is called severe sepsis. When sepsis is accompanied by HYPOTENSION despite adequate fluid infusion, it is called SEPTIC SHOCK.
| Descriptor ID |
D018805
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.539.757 C23.550.470.790.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Pyemia- Pyemia
- Pyemias
- Pyohemia
- Pyohemias
- Pyaemia
- Pyaemias
Septicemia- Septicemia
- Septicemias
- Poisoning, Blood
- Blood Poisoning
- Blood Poisonings
- Poisonings, Blood
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Sepsis" by people in this website by year, and whether "Sepsis" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 1997 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1999 | 6 | 0 | 6 | | 2000 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2001 | 5 | 1 | 6 | | 2002 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2003 | 4 | 4 | 8 | | 2004 | 3 | 4 | 7 | | 2005 | 8 | 2 | 10 | | 2006 | 9 | 4 | 13 | | 2007 | 7 | 1 | 8 | | 2008 | 7 | 4 | 11 | | 2009 | 14 | 2 | 16 | | 2010 | 11 | 5 | 16 | | 2011 | 5 | 2 | 7 | | 2012 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2013 | 15 | 2 | 17 | | 2014 | 9 | 4 | 13 | | 2015 | 20 | 4 | 24 | | 2016 | 20 | 5 | 25 | | 2017 | 22 | 3 | 25 | | 2018 | 15 | 2 | 17 | | 2019 | 21 | 4 | 25 | | 2020 | 31 | 4 | 35 | | 2021 | 25 | 1 | 26 | | 2022 | 29 | 1 | 30 | | 2023 | 34 | 0 | 34 | | 2024 | 19 | 3 | 22 | | 2025 | 17 | 2 | 19 | | 2026 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sepsis" by people in Profiles.
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Rhee C, Balamuth F, Dysart K, Miller E, Li Z, Huang J, Gunturi D, Ostapenko S, Jin R, DelloStritto L, Guy J, Poland R, Sands K, Bennett TD, Scott HF, Alpern ER, Sanchez-Pinto LN, Russell S, DeWitt PE, Rebull MN, Gray C, Daniels L, Otto S, Carter C, Cook LJ, Tsemberis E, Jordan JT, Kapes J, Tunick R, Kadri SS, Badesch BL, Chen HC, Klompas M, Weiss SL. National Estimates of Pediatric Sepsis in US Hospitals Using Clinical Data. JAMA. 2026 Apr 21; 335(15):1321-1331.
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Alber SM, Kim KK, Li X, Tanabe K, Gilliland S. Year in Review 2025: New and Noteworthy Literature in Cardiothoracic Critical Care. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2026 Jun; 30(2):90-102.
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Weiss SL, Peters MJ, Oczkowski SJW, Belley-Cote E, Buysse C, Choong KLM, Deep A, Inwald DP, Flori HR, Kneyber MCJ, Menon K, Murthy S, Nunnally ME, Parker MM, Schlapbach LJ, Oliveira CF, Sorce LR, Agus M, Argent AC, Balamuth F, Bansal A, Bem RA, Brierley J, Burns KEA, Carlton EF, Carrol ED, Carroll CL, Carter MJ, Conlon TW, Daniels R, De Luca D, Di Nardo M, Dulfer K, Faust SN, Fernandez-Sarmiento J, Fitzgerald JC, Hall M, Hsu BS, Javouhey E, Joosten K, Karam O, Kelly SP, Lang HJ, Lee JH, Lemson J, MacLaren G, Manning JC, Mehta N, Morin L, Morrow BM, Nadel S, Nishisaki A, Pong S, Raman S, Randolph AG, Ranjit S, Ray S, Remy KE, Scott HF, Sick-Samuels AC, Souza DC, Swan T, Tibby SM, Valla FV, Watson RS, Wiens MO, Wolf J, Zimmerman JJ, Tissieres P, Kissoon N. Surviving Sepsis Campaign International Guidelines for the Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock in Children 2026. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2026 Apr 01; 27(4):379-434.
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Diep RE, Adhikari U, Gokce Tezel K, Pham G, Burrell AR, Staat MA, Nhu NTK, Phan MD, Peters KM, Schembri MA, Saunders SH, Haslam DB, Erickson JJ, Chavez-Bueno S, Way SS. Natural maternal immunity protects neonates from Escherichia coli sepsis. Nature. 2026 May; 653(8114):519-527.
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Lee CM, Atreya MR, Bennett TD, Farris RWD, Faustino EVS, Fernandez Sarmiento J, Geva A, Hall M, Rogerson C, Shah S, Sanchez-Pinto LN. Association of Albumin Infusion With Differential Response in Pediatric Sepsis and Septic Shock: Retrospective Analysis Using a U.S. Multicenter 2012-2018 Dataset. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2026 May 01; 27(5):625-633.
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Long J, Henao-Martínez AF, Rau N, Vorkas CK, Marcos LA. Babesiosis-Related Sepsis: Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes from a Multicenter Retrospective Global Research Network Analysis. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2026 Apr 01; 114(4):711-715.
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Oshima K, Yan B, Tao R, Amorim G, Di Gravio C, McMurtry SA, Burke RC, Nam Y, Nikolli I, Kravitz MS, Stephenson D, Issaian A, Hansen KC, D'Alessandro A, Douglas IS, Self WH, Lindsell CJ, Leroux C, Ringor A, Matthay MA, Schildcrout JS, Shapiro NI, Schmidt EP. Plasma chondroitin sulfate predicts the effectiveness of fluid resuscitation strategies in patients with sepsis. J Clin Invest. 2026 Apr 01; 136(7).
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Rutman L, Richardson T, Auletta J, Balamuth F, Chambers A, Fitzgerald J, Gelvez J, Genzel KA, Grant A, Gunnala V, Hakim H, Hueschen L, Kandil S, Larsen G, Lockwood J, Lucey K, Mack E, Madden K, Niedner M, Paul R, Reddy A, Riggs R, Rosen J, Schafer M, Scott H, Wilkes J, Eisenberg MA. Association between Child Opportunity Index and paediatric sepsis recognition and treatment in a large quality improvement collaborative: a retrospective cohort study. BMJ Qual Saf. 2026 Jan 19; 35(2):106-117.
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Moreno-Castaño AB, Fernández S, Brillembourg H, Iraola G, Moreno DF, Ventosa-Capell H, Martinez-Sanchez J, De Moner B, Molina P, Ramos A, Palomo M, Gómez-Ramírez P, Ortiz-Maldonado V, Martínez-Cibrián N, Delgado J, Oliver-Caldés A, Fernández de Larrea C, Salas MQ, Urbano Á, Téllez A, Nicolás JM, Juan M, González-Navarro A, Penack O, Escolar G, Carreras E, Fernández-Avilés F, Castro P, Diaz-Ricart M. m-EASIX (better than EASIX) predicts severe CAR T-cell toxicities, worse overall survival, and discriminates cytokine release syndrome from sepsis. Front Immunol. 2025; 16:1664788.
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Angeli Gazola A, Bishop NS, Schmid BE, Pirracchio R, Valley TS, Bhavani SV, Krutsinger DC, Giannini HM, Lu Y, Ungar LH, Meyer NJ, Kerlin MP, Weissman GE. Evaluating AI-based comprehensive clinical decision support for sepsis and ARDS: protocol for a Clinician Turing Test. BMJ Open. 2025 Dec 24; 15(12):e106757.
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