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A 65-year-old male with a past medical history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on 2 liters per minute (LPM) nasal cannula at baseline, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and polypectomy presents to the ED with 2 days of worsening shortness of breath, pleuritic chest pain, persistent fevers, and productive coughs with occasional hemoptysis.
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Sepsis Sources: LUCCAASSB

Lung* (pneumonia, effusion, abscess)
Urine* (UTI, pyelonephritis)
Cardiac (endocarditis)
CNS (meningitis, encephalitis, abscess)
Abdomen (intra-abdominal)
Arthritis (septic)
Skin (cellulitis, abscess, NSTI)
Spine (osteomyelitis, SEA, discitis)
Bacteremia

 

*most common sources

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