TY - BOOK AU - Asmaa Mohammed Abdelsalem Hamoda AU - Ali Mostafa Ali Elsaid , AU - Lobna Mohamed Elamin Shalaby , AU - Mohammed Hany Hussien , TI - Incidence and outcome of septic shock in pediatric cancer patients / PY - 2013/// CY - Cairo : PB - Asmaa Mohammed Abdelsalem Hamoda , KW - Cancer KW - Pediatrics KW - Septic shock N1 - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - National Cancer Institute - Department of Pediatric Oncology; Issued also as CD N2 - Background : Sepsis is the leading cause of death in cancer patients and may lead to systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) . Severe sepsis left unmanaged may lead to the inevitable septic shock . Septic shock is severe sepsis with persistent hypotension despite adequate fluid resucitation in the presence of a known infection UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -