摘要
全身性感染是感染的全身性反应。临床特征包括血流动力学不稳定、意识障碍和呼吸急促。过去用于描写该综合征的名称是“败血症”和“菌血症”。仅20％左右的休克与菌血症有关，余者继发于其他部位的感染，以下呼吸道和腹部最常见：
Sepsis is the systemic response to infection. Clinical features include haemodynamic instability, mental confusion and tachypnoea. Terms used in the past to describe this syndrome are ‘septicaemia’ and‘bacteraemia’. Only about 20% of cases of shock are associated with bacteraemia; the remainder are secondary to infection at other sites, most often the lower respiratory tract or the abdomen.
