Septicaemia / Blood Poisoning

UK sources of information and / or support

 Patient UK

Has an information leaflet called Meningitis and Septicaemia

 Frequently Asked Questions About Meningitis and Septicaemia

Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provide a wide range of patient information leaflets including one in this area.

 Sepsis (severe) - drotrecogin

A patient guide to complement the NICE national guideline for health professionals called Sepsis (severe) - drotrecogin.

 Health Protection Agency

Provides useful information concerning this condition and its treatment for both health professionals and the general public.

 Medicine Guide for Sepsis

Provides detailed information about the drugs available to treat this condition. Medicine Guides provide reliable information about medicines, conditions and the different treatment options available. They have been developed in the UK as part of the Medicines Information Project.

 Blood poisoning

Information from NHS Choices - the government's patient information portal.

See also the Patient UK meningitis page

Further sources / more detailed information

Some non-UK sites

The following list popular non-UK health information sites with content aimed at the general public. They are mainly from the US. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included but these large sites are comprehensive.

• Non-UK disease / illness sites
• Non-UK self-help / support group sites

More detailed medical information

The following list online sources of more detailed medical information, mainly from the UK. These sites are mainly aimed at health professionals, but are of interest to all. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included, but information about most medical topics can usually be found.

• PatientPlus - hundreds of medical reference articles provided by Patient UK.
• Evidence Based Medicine - such as from Clinical Evidence, The Cochrane Library, etc.
• Database of UK Clinical Guidelines - from NICE, SIGN, Clinical Knowledge Summaries, etc.
• Medline - abstracts available from thousands of journals.
• Sites listing free online medical textbooks and journals.
• Sites listing free medical images - pictures, atlases, anatomy, skin diseases, etc.