October 21, 2009 (New Orleans, Louisiana) — Rates of sepsis related to elective surgery, including severe sepsis, increased substantially between 1997 and 2006, but fatalities related to sepsis ...

A study examining the efficacy of three different sepsis treatments found no significant differences in survival rate based on the treatment received, according to a study in the New England Journal ...

CHICAGO -- Incorporating procalcitonin into an algorithm for sepsis diagnosis in the emergency department did not affect the timeliness of patients receiving IV antibiotics, but it did reduce ...

TEXAS, USA — A new analysis by ProPublica shows that after Texas' 2021 abortion ban went into effect, pregnancy became far more dangerous – partially due to the danger of developing sepsis, a ...

The rate of patient deaths in hospitals from a number of conditions increased significantly in the past five years across Pennsylvania, according to the latest hospital watchdog group performance ...

People with severe sepsis could one day be treated by having their blood filtered to remove a crucial protein that seems to ...

Sepsis is one of the deadliest conditions in intensive care units (ICUs), triggered by the body's out-of-control response to infection. Despite medical advancements, its in-hospital mortality rate ...

Credit: Getty Images Preventing sepsis after surgery should include screening before the surgery, close monitoring after surgery, and teaching patients how to recognize the signs of sepsis. Our ...

(PUEBLO, Colo.) — UCHealth Parkview in Pueblo announced on Monday, Sept. 22, that it was recently ranked in the top 10th percentile of hospitals in the nation for reducing death from sepsis. According ...