ORLANDO -- For children with suspected or confirmed infection admitted to a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), the Phoenix sepsis criteria could be used to identify those at the highest risk of ...

The updated guidance for people aged 16 and over recommends using smaller amounts of intravenous fluid initially for those at risk of serious illness or death due to sepsis. Patients should be ...

Clinician-scientists from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago were among a diverse, international group of experts tasked by the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) with ...

APT-Sepsis programme cuts maternal death and severe infection risk through better prevention, detection, and treatment.

A new classification system that scores the variables associated with mortality rates for patients who develop intra-abdominal sepsis after surgery may help guide care and improve outcomes. A study in ...

The APT-Sepsis program significantly reduced infection-related outcomes in maternal care, demonstrating the impact of ...

September is Sepsis Awareness month, and there has never been a better time to discuss sepsis. Sepsis is not an infection. It is not contagious. Sepsis is the body’s reaction to an infection. More ...

CHICAGO -- An international group of doctors is pushing for aggressive treatment to prevent half a million deaths worldwide from a common bloodstream infection. Sepsis kills more than 200,000 people ...

Because of a known association between elevated lactate levels and increased mortality, sepsis guidelines mandate that lactate levels should be tested soon after the onset of sepsis. A new study found ...

AAN Sepsis Linked to Long-Term Risk for Seizures Investigators say their findings 'support the hypothesis that sepsis could be associated with pathways leading to long-lasting brain injury, ...