Sepsis and Mortality: Sober Facts Elements of a Sepsis Screening Program Principles for a Successful Pilot Program References Principles for a Successful Pilot Program Several important considerations ...

Dawn Nagel, a nurse at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, Calif., knew she was going to have a busy day, with more than a dozen patients showing signs of sepsis. They included a 61-year-old mechanic with ...

Freeing up nurses to spend more time on patient care may reduce sepsis deaths among the Medicare population, a study published May 27 in JAMA Health Forum suggests. A team led by researchers at Emory ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are more than 1.7 million cases of sepsis every year, leading to 300,000 annual deaths. "Sepsis is a potentially lethal condition; ...

Henry Ford clinicians recently presented their sepsis tactics in a CDC webinar series, which includes empowering nurses working in the ED to fast track the process of performing lactate tests. Too ...

SEATTLE, Wash. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - Each year, about 1.7 million adults in the US develop sepsis and it kills approximately 350 thousand. Diagnosis is key for preventing organ failure and even death.

If not treated, sepsis can lead to shock, multiple organ failure and even death. It's the ninth-leading cause of death in the United States; it kills more than 258,000 people a year, according to the ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Sepsis is life-threatening disease, usually caused by a complication of an infection. Dr. James Hereth, an attending physician in the medical and neuro-ICU at Buffalo General Hospital ...

(WISH) — Sepsis causes 1 in 5 deaths globally, the World Health Organization says, and the smallest of cuts can lead to a life-threatening medical emergency. One nursing program saved a woman from the ...