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Why does sepsis show up as histotoxic hypoxia? are they the same thing?

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Unfamiliar term: Sepsis can cause hypoxia; indeed this is common. I am unfamiliar with the term histotoxic which could mean cellular death from lack of oxygen, but it's not a term we use in medicine.

Answered 2/1/2013

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A member asked:

Why does sepsis show up as histotoxic hypoxia? are they the same thing?

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Dr. Dennis Clifford answered

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