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.

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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 ...

In a new development, researchers have created an AI-driven model capable of predicting mortality risk in sepsis patients admitted to intensive care units (ICUs). Leveraging cutting-edge ...

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 ...

Daily assessment of procalcitonin (PCT), rather than standard care alone, led to patients spending significantly less time on antibiotics cumulatively in the first 28 days (9.8 days vs 10.7 days, ...