How to Use septic shock in a Sentence

septic shock

noun
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  • The cause was septic shock, said a daughter, Joy Jones.
    — Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2018
  • The cause was septic shock, said a great-niece, Sarah Little.
    — Staff Reports, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2017
  • The cause was septic shock, her daughter, Clare Hoak, said.
    — New York Times, 29 Apr. 2021
  • The cause of death was septic shock, said his son Stephen Baccari of Boston.
    — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 May 2021
  • The cause was septic shock, said Jenny Hurth, a close friend and the executor of his estate.
    — Roberta Smith, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2018
  • At its most severe level, the body will go into septic shock and lead to death.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 20 Sep. 2017
  • At the hospital, Smith went into septic shock and his life was at risk.
    — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Apr. 2021
  • At the time, the agency said that the child suffered from septic shock and dehydration.
    — Alicia A. Caldwell, WSJ, 26 Dec. 2018
  • Her heart rate rose and her blood pressure dropped, pulling her into septic shock.
    — Eliezer J. Sternberg, Discover Magazine, 15 Nov. 2018
  • The cause was septic shock and pneumonia, said his wife, Wendy Solhan.
    — Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2021
  • The cause was septic shock from an infection linked to a liver transplant 23 years ago, said a friend, Marie Howe.
    — Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2021
  • The cause was septic shock, said a daughter, Patricia Clem.
    — Marc Lewis, Washington Post, 13 June 2018
  • The cause was septic shock, said a daughter, Evelyn Edmunds.
    — Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2018
  • This may lead to septic shock, when blood pressure takes a dangerous drop.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN, 22 Oct. 2022
  • In June, a 4-year-old girl in Texas went into septic shock after days of fevers and vomiting.
    — Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2022
  • Then on Christmas morning, she was rushed to the hospital in septic shock.
    — William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Smith later went into septic shock, putting his life at risk.
    — Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Feb. 2022
  • Her mother died of septic shock in July 2021, just before Fell-Davis and her kids would return to school.
    — Meg Bernhard, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Around the same time, he was hospitalized for septic shock and heart failure.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2023
  • In the worst cases, blood pressure drops, the heart weakens, and the patient spirals toward septic shock.
    — Maggie O'Neill, Health, 26 June 2023
  • Even so, the exposure to the bacteria was enough to send him into a deadly septic shock.
    — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 26 Nov. 2019
  • His son Asif Ali said the cause was septic shock and organ failure after a prolonged illness.
    — Tejal Rao, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Dec. 2022
  • Doctors at the hospital estimated the girl had been in septic shock for 12 hours.
    — Tiffini Theisen, orlandosentinel.com, 30 Oct. 2019
  • The infection spread, and Emmie went into septic shock.
    — Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 27 Oct. 2023
  • But In 1999, a case of bacterial meningitis led to septic shock, the loss of her kidney and spleen, and the amputations of both her legs just below the knees.
    — Alicia Ault, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Feb. 2022
  • News reports said the cause was septic shock and multiple organ failure.
    — Jonathan Kandell, BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2020
  • Mitchell was by her daughter's side while her husband was home with their other three kids as Kennedy took a turn for the worse, third spacing, and was believed to have gone into septic shock.
    — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Last year, a 30-year-old woman known only as Izabela, who was 22 weeks pregnant, died of septic shock, her family said.
    — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 4 July 2022
  • This will show you the percentage of patients who received appropriate care for severe sepsis and or septic shock.
    — Kayla Hui, Verywell Health, 10 Mar. 2024
  • In one case, a California man who had two surgical clamps left inside him suffered infections and septic shock that led to a stroke, according to a New York Times article.
    — Matt Benoit, Discover Magazine, 19 Jan. 2024

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