sepsis

Prompt identification of patients who are at high risk of sepsis could be the difference between life or death.

HHS announces new funding opportunities through DRIVe program.

A novel approach recognizes that superbugs don't remain isolated in one hospital or nursing home but move quickly through a...

The adoption of an EMR-based screening tool and a sepsis treatment bundle drove down mortality rates markedly over four years.

At national level, the annual cost of index admissions for sepsis are estimated at more than $23.3 billion.

DRIVe initiative makes deeper forays into innovations that could help predict illness and enhance sepsis detection.

New research contradicts the perception that better sepsis care alone can reduce mortality.

Nurses helped improve their colleagues' understanding of sepsis at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center in Philadelphia.

Some doctors reject a provocative proposal to delay antibiotics for sepsis patients without shock. But proponents argue antibiotics pose significant...

Sepsis is particularly deadly for CHF patients, and predictors of mortality include older age and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Adopting an early warning system and deploying care bundles for the infection are keys to treating sepsis patients.

An analysis of New York State's first-in-the-nation mandated reporting and care protocols for sepsis shows improvements in care, even without...