How to Use sepsis in a Sentence

sepsis

noun
  • Read Tom’s story about the flaws in the AI that predicts sepsis here.
    Wired Staff, Wired, 25 June 2021
  • The result: Deaths due to severe sepsis fell by 15% in one year.
    Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2023
  • That involves some trial and error, like in the case of the sepsis tool.
    Erin Brodwin, STAT, 5 Oct. 2020
  • His daughter, the singer Kay Lyra, said the cause of his death, in a hospital, was sepsis.
    Clay Risen, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2023
  • Pounded by health calamities the last decade, Mike died at age 64 of sepsis.
    Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 28 May 2023
  • His son Michael said the causes were Alzheimer’s disease and sepsis.
    Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2020
  • The cause was sepsis, said a daughter, Yvette Robinson.
    Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2020
  • Wiederkehr, a member of the Church of St. Genevieve in Centerville, almost died of sepsis in 2007.
    Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 12 Sep. 2019
  • His death, in a hospital, was caused by sepsis, said his wife, Rachel Loshak.
    Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2022
  • For example, loss of fluid in the body may contribute to the risk of sepsis.
    Cailley Lapara, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Duggan said the idea for a memorial came from Cher Coner, who's mom died of sepsis in the Spring.
    David Williams, CNN, 1 Sep. 2020
  • The cause was sepsis, said his brother Michael Stanton.
    Benjamin Gordon, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2019
  • Doctors had to remove the man's nose, lower legs and both hands to stop the spread of sepsis in his body, caused by the bacteria.
    Erika Edwards, NBC News, 26 Nov. 2019
  • When Rosshart tried this, the lab mice survived—as expected—whereas the wildlings died of sepsis.
    Eva Frederick, Science | AAAS, 1 Aug. 2019
  • Bobbie Johnson’s mother, Shirley Mike, checked in to Brighton in 2016 after a bout of sepsis.
    Christopher Rowland, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Symptoms of sepsis include heavy breathing, fever, fast heart rate, and chills.
    Alexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Melanie Andrews was 10 years old and bedridden with sepsis when she was introduced to the world of Shakespeare.
    Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2021
  • The cause was complications from sepsis, said his son James.
    Sam Roberts, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2022
  • This type of infection often leads to sepsis, the researchers said.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 12 Sep. 2019
  • Septic shock is the last and most severe stage of sepsis, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
    Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 29 Jan. 2024
  • For about eight months, the Milwaukee native was in and out of the hospital, fighting sepsis.
    Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 May 2021
  • His son, Adam, said his death, at a hospital, was caused by a sepsis infection.
    Clyde Haberman, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Even with surgery and treatment for the infection, the CDC says that up to 1 in 5 people die from the disease which can cause organ failure and sepsis.
    EW.com, 9 Jan. 2024
  • One moment, the emergency medicine physician was doing a sepsis work-up for a 12-year-old boy whose fever wouldn’t break.
    Kate Wells, Chicago Tribune, 26 Dec. 2022
  • Join for a presentation on the basics, what the signs are to look for, how to prevent it, and ensure that time is on your side to help save lives from sepsis.
    courant.com, 17 Sep. 2020
  • Duke’s sepsis project started in 2016, early in the recent AI healthcare boom.
    Tom Simonite, Wired, 2 Oct. 2020
  • The country’s once-dull aches are now approaching sepsis.
    Nicole Goodkind, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2021
  • In medicine, there was a study on sepsis in premature births that could be shared across countries and hospitals.
    Kevin Krewell, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2021
  • But a hospital refused to treat her for more than 20 hours, leaving her to die eventually from sepsis.
    Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Her vital signs pointed to possible sepsis, records show.
    Lizzie Presser and Kavitha Surana, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024

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