How to Use septic shock in a Sentence

septic shock

noun
  • Sepsis may progress to septic shock.
    — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Smith later went into septic shock, putting his life at risk.
    — Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Feb. 2022
  • His death certificate lists septic shock as cause of death.
    — Jessica Van Egeren, jsonline.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Her heart rate rose and her blood pressure dropped, pulling her into septic shock.
    — Eliezer J. Sternberg, Discover Magazine, 15 Nov. 2018
  • At its most severe level, the body will go into septic shock and lead to death.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 20 Sep. 2017
  • The cause was septic shock, said a great-niece, Sarah Little.
    — Staff Reports, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2017
  • This may lead to septic shock, when blood pressure takes a dangerous drop.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN, 22 Oct. 2022
  • At the hospital, Smith went into septic shock and his life was at risk.
    — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Apr. 2021
  • Around the same time, he was hospitalized for septic shock and heart failure.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2023
  • But, when Phoenix went into septic shock, his organs then started to fail.
    — Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 July 2025
  • Women would arrive in septic shock, some probably hours from death.
    — Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2022
  • You were diagnosed with cancer as a teenager and suffered from septic shock this year.
    — Theresa Pichler, Glamour, 23 Dec. 2024
  • At the time, the agency said that the child suffered from septic shock and dehydration.
    — Alicia A. Caldwell, WSJ, 26 Dec. 2018
  • Then on Christmas morning, she was rushed to the hospital in septic shock.
    — William Thornton | [email protected], al, 23 Jan. 2023
  • The cause of death was septic shock, said his son Stephen Baccari of Boston.
    — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 May 2021
  • News reports said the cause was septic shock and multiple organ failure.
    — Jonathan Kandell, BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2020
  • The cause was septic shock and pneumonia, said his wife, Wendy Solhan.
    — Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2021
  • Even so, the exposure to the bacteria was enough to send him into a deadly septic shock.
    — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 26 Nov. 2019
  • Allen died at 65 of septic shock after a yearslong cancer battle.
    — Naomi Cahn, The Conversation, 27 Feb. 2026
  • The hospital gave the cause of death as septic shock, with a secondary cause being cardiac arrest.
    — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Sepsis can cause septic shock, which can cause death in as little as 12 hours, the clinic's website adds.
    — Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
  • In the worst cases, blood pressure drops, the heart weakens, and the patient spirals toward septic shock.
    — Maggie O'Neill, Health, 26 June 2023
  • The announcement came a day after an infection threw him into septic shock.
    — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • If improperly purified, the treatment could have caused septic shock and killed him.
    — Alexandra Sifferlin, Time, 5 Feb. 2018
  • His son Asif Ali said the cause was septic shock and organ failure after a prolonged illness.
    — Tejal Rao, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Dec. 2022
  • Several cheetahs went into septic shock and died during a monsoon.
    — Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The man went into septic shock, kidneys failing, and despite aggressive care died within a month.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 28 Oct. 2019
  • In June, a 4-year-old girl in Texas went into septic shock after days of fevers and vomiting.
    — Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2022
  • Ashburnham, who was 42 at the time, then went into septic shock as her organs began shutting down.
    — Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 16 May 2026

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