High white blood cell count; The severity of the septic reaction should also produce other warning signs, such as: Hot, flushed skin; Newly altered mental status; Hypotension; Widened pulse pressure (Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic and the diastolic blood pressure values.) Elevated blood lactate level; Thrombocytopenia
The definition of pompous is someone who has excessive self-esteem. An example of pompous is someone who constantly talks about what they've accomplished. pompous. pompous. Characterized by excessive self-esteem or exaggerated dignity; pretentious: pompous officials who enjoy giving orders.
early 13c., a morbid swelling, from swell (v.). In reference to a rise of the sea, it is attested from c.1600. The meaning wealthy, elegant person is first recorded 1786; hence the adjectival meaning fashionably dressed or equipped (1810), both from the notion of puffed-up, pompous behavior.