sepsis

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February 7, 2023

Standard sepsis-ID systems miss cases in trauma patients

A new automated system identified far more sepsis infections than 2 commonly used methods, researchers report.

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March 12, 2021

Urinary tract infections only rarely give rise to sepsis

About 60% of U.S. women experience UTIs at some point, but they are routinely, and successfully, treated with antibiotics. 

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January 16, 2020

Sepsis associated with 1 in 5 deaths globally

Researchers call for a renewed emphasis on sepsis prevention among newborns and on tackling antimicrobial resistance.   

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May 20, 2018

Sepsis-recognition tool has huge value in resource-poor areas

Study validates brief diagnostic scorecard in nations such as sub-Saharan Africa, Bangladesh, Indonesia.

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February 28, 2018

Creating an early alert system for sepsis

Sepsis is a cascade of organ failure which can be nipped in the bud if health care workers know it's ramping up, but that's often not easy to do.

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March 23, 2016

​Machine-learning tool mines health record for sepsis risk

A newly developed machine-learning technique examines electronic medical records to predict the danger of severe sepsis in emergency department patients.   
 

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December 23, 2014

Could basics of sepsis care vastly lower Ebola death rate?

The death rate in the current Ebola outbreak, currently running above 70 percent in West Africa, could be greatly reduced if low-resourced care providers consistently applied principles of intensive care used to treat those patients in the Unite

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