New York, NY - Findings from the Should We Emergently Revascularize Occluded Coronaries for Cardiogenic Shock (SHOCK) trial have shown that almost 20% of patients with acute MI complicated by ...

Sepsis, the systemic inflammatory response due to a microbial infection, is an extensive clinical problem with significant mortality and economic burden. Depending on a host’s responses to an ...

ORLANDO -- New sepsis and septic shock guidelines released here Monday should help clinicians identify at-risk patients earlier and more easily, but they are a work in progress based on an evolving ...

ORLANDO, Florida — Monocyte distribution width is a better marker of sepsis than white blood cell count in the emergency department, according to new research. "In our feasibility study, the new ...

The term “sepsis” has been surrounded by ambiguity and controversy. The condition has instigated legislative policies (eg, “Rory’s Regulations” — a New York state-mandated protocol for ED treatment of ...

Sepsis is a condition in which the body has a systemic response to an infection, often leading to organ dysfunction and, in some cases, death. Identifying sepsis early is key to improving odds of ...

ORLANDO -- Only about a quarter of intensive care unit (ICU) patients with septic shock were given corticosteroids, and this varied widely by physician and ICU, according to a retrospective cohort ...

Treating septic shock in children with a combination of intravenous vitamin C, vitamin B1 and hydrocortisone (a commonly used steroid) is associated with lower mortality, according to a new study.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Adults with sepsis who reported being white or of an “other or unknown” race faced a high risk for mechanical ...

Medical researchers have found that systemic inflammation caused by sepsis can be suppressed by a protein which occurs naturally in a type of roundworm. Research by the University of Liverpool has ...

Last year, Cabell Huntington Hospital faced sepsis head-on and came out on top. Implementing machine learning technology specifically designed to fight sepsis in part through clinician alerts, the ...