We suggest against using IV hydrocortisone to treat septic shock patients if adequate fluid resuscitation and vasopressor therapy are able to restore hemodynamic stability. If this is not achievable, ...

The management of sepsis in the critical care setting remains a formidable challenge, demanding an integrated approach that combines early detection, prompt therapeutic intervention and continuous ...

A researcher ends the debate among physicians regarding sepsis management. A new study that measured the reliability of administering antibiotics before obtaining blood cultures could end the debate ...

Researchers developed a machine learning model that could identify children in the ED who were at risk for developing sepsis ...

Epic’s sepsis early warning system, which notifies clinicians of potential signs of sepsis in their patients, sent out an overload of alerts during the COVID-19 pandemic that may have contributed to ...

Director of Clinical Chemistry, Special Chemistry/Toxicology, Point-of-Care Testing, and SARC Sections, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Davis, School of Medicine Burn ...

Hospital patients are at risk of a number of life-threatening complications, especially sepsis—a condition that can kill within hours and contributes to one out of three in-hospital deaths in the U.S.

The biggest electronic health record company in the United States, Epic Systems, claims it can solve a major problem for hospitals: identifying signs of sepsis, an often deadly complication from ...

We recommend that a specific anatomic diagnosis of infection requiring emergent source control be identified or excluded as rapidly as possible in patients with sepsis or septic shock, and that any ...