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My dad has had surgery for rectal cancer, a week later he had surgery for sepsis in pelvis.he now has temp spikes of 38.3, low bp. is it sepsis still?
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Sepsis: It is likely that he continues to have a partially treated septicemia and needs to be followed closely for antibiotic sensitivity and organism identification
Answered 1/24/2016
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