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septic infection

noun as in blood poisoning

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Harris’ rally will feature women who say their lives were endangered by abortion bans, including Amanda Zurawski, an Austin resident who became pregnant after months of fertility treatments and nearly died when she was denied care when she went into premature labor and developed a septic infection at 18 weeks.

If any nonpregnant person comes into an Idaho hospital and is at risk of a systemic septic infection or losing an organ, everyone agrees the law is clear: ER doctors and other health workers have to stabilize or transfer them and would not face legal consequences for doing so.

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This condition can lead to septic infection, which in turn can lead to lethal organ failure.

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This condition often leads to septic infection—which, in turn, can cause cardiac arrest as well as lung and kidney failure.

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He said he saw three teenagers die as a result of illegal abortions that year, including one who died of massive organ failure, caused by a septic infection.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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