Sepsis, or infection causing life-threatening organ dysfunction, is a leading cause of death in children worldwide. In ...

Sepsis, or infection causing life-threatening organ dysfunction, is a leading cause of death in children worldwide. In efforts to prevent this rare but critical condition, researchers developed and ...

Professor Elliot Long explains why sepsis in children is difficult to diagnose, with nearly 10% of cases missed in emergency ...

Sepsis happens when the immune system responds dramatically to an infection. Symptoms include a high fever, a rapid heart rate, breathing difficulty, and confusion. Urgent medical attention is ...

In an advance for critical care medicine, two international studies published in parallel in the journal Nature Medicine have ...

Infection Microbial phenomenon characterized by an inflammatory response to the presence of microorganisms or the invasion of normally sterile host tissue by those organisms. Same. Not defined.

People living with type 2 diabetes experience double the risk for incident sepsis versus matched individuals without diabetes.

Background： Sepsis is a complex clinical syndrome characterized by dysregulated immune responses, systemic inflammation, and ...

January 21, 2010 (Miami Beach, Florida) — Complications from hospital-acquired infections, especially septicemia, significantly increase hospital costs and length of stay in children with disorders of ...