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{{PreICD10 dx | NewDxArticle = Bacteremia }} | |||
{{DX tag |Infection | Medical Problem | Septicemia (Bacteremia/Fungemia) | UPL (Universal Pathogen List) | 4600 - Septicemia (Bacteremia/Fungemia) | No | 0 | '''Critical Care and Medicine''' |Currently Collected | |}} | {{DX tag |Infection | Medical Problem | Septicemia (Bacteremia/Fungemia) | UPL (Universal Pathogen List) | 4600 - Septicemia (Bacteremia/Fungemia) | No | 0 | '''Critical Care and Medicine''' |Currently Collected | |}} | ||
==Definition== | ==Definition== | ||
'''Septicemia/BACTEREMIA/Fungemia''' , (blood stream infection)-(BSI) means POSITIVE blood culture, (presence of pathogens in blood stream). | '''Septicemia/BACTEREMIA/Fungemia''' , (blood stream infection)-(BSI) means POSITIVE blood culture, (presence of pathogens in blood stream). | ||
== | == Guideline == | ||
* Positive (+ ve) blood cultures | * Positive (+ ve) blood cultures | ||
* [[Unknown Pathogen]] only used for septicemia if the patient was transferred from a hospital where positive blood cultures were found but it is unclear which organism it was because it was not included in the documentation sent with the patient. | * [[Unknown Pathogen]] only used for septicemia if the patient was transferred from a hospital where positive blood cultures were found but it is unclear which organism it was because it was not included in the documentation sent with the patient. | ||
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=== Alternate dx === | === Alternate dx === | ||
* [[Severe Sepsis]] | * [[Severe Sepsis]] | ||
* [[Septic Shock]] | |||
[[Category: Sepsis | [[Category:Sepsis]] | ||