Sepsis is the body’s overwhelming and life-threatening response to infection, which may rapidly lead to tissue damage, organ failure and death. In the United States alone, sepsis is attributed to more ...

Sepsis is an alarmingly common cause behind ICU admissions in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), a retrospective, population-based cohort study indicates. Furthermore, it contributes to a ...

Can an otherwise healthy young woman die from what starts out as something akin to a common cold? The answer is, shockingly, yes, when certain telltale signs of a more serious problem go undetected.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In a new study, high-acuity patients with sepsis not requiring life support in the ED who were admitted directly ...

30% of sepsis-associated deaths occurred in patients who did not meet the criteria of ICU level of care Cytovale's IntelliSep ® host-response test was shown to be superior in both sepsis detection and ...

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Post-intensive care syndrome among ICU patients is becoming more common with as many as 80 percent of ICU survivors suffering some sort of cognitive or brain dysfunction, a negative effect of the very ...

Sepsis continues to challenge healthcare systems around the world with high mortality rates, even in well-equipped intensive care units. While treatment protocols have evolved, adjunct therapies that ...

Changes in intensive care unit management over time can greatly reduce patients' risk of sepsis, according to research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Researchers in ...

Lowering the threshold for admitting sepsis patients to the ICU from the emergency department lowers mortality, lengths of ICU stays and transfers from intermediate care to intensive care, according ...

Sepsis alert systems used in emergency departments (EDs) were tied to better patient outcomes, including lower risk of death and shorter hospital stays, according to a systematic review and ...

Mortality from severe sepsis decreased by 16.7% during a 12-year period in Australia and New Zealand, according to a new study by researchers in New Zealand, Australia, and Finland, published online ...