A new review offers evidence-based strategies for improving sepsis outcomes with appropriate doses of intravenous (IV) fluid therapy at each stage of treatment. The document offers guidance on the ...
A bipartisan group of senators on June 4 reintroduced the Securing Enhanced Programs, Systems, and Initiatives for Sepsis Act, a bill that would direct the CDC to lead national efforts aimed at ...
Epic has made changes to its sepsis prediction model in a bid to improve its accuracy and make its alerts more meaningful to clinicians. An Epic spokesperson told Becker’s in an emailed statement that ...
September is Sepsis Awareness Month, and MedStar Health in Maryland reports that too many still don't know about it and its symptoms. Nearly half of adults either have no idea what sepsis is or have ...
Doctors use the sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) score, previously known as the sepsis-related organ failure assessment, to measure a person’s organ function or failure rate. SOFA is a ...
Sepsis is a medical emergency. It can lead to organ failure and death. The earlier a person receives treatment, the more likely they are to survive. Sepsis occurs when the immune system has an extreme ...
Johns Hopkins engineer Suchi Saria has developed an AI-powered platform that is reducing sepsis mortality rates by 18% in dozens of hospitals across the United States—a significant advance in ...
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Health Column: September is Sepsis Awareness Month
In the UK, sepsis affects 245,000 people each year, claiming the lives of 48,000 people. This life-threatening condition, which occurs when the body’s response to an infection causes it to injure its ...
On World Sepsis Day, health experts remind Americans that sepsis strikes 1.7 million people in the U.S. each year and causes more than 350,000 deaths. Yet despite those staggering numbers, many ...
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