Prolonged infusion of beta-lactam antibiotics for sepsis or septic shock tended to improve mortality compared with conventional intermittent infusion in the BLING III trial, and a meta-analysis ...

With more than 1 million American dying from sepsis annually, providers follow a set of protocols to mitigate a patient’s risk of sepsis. JAMA delves into the updated guidelines, titled Surviving ...

1. The new guidelines place more emphasis on caring for sepsis patients after they are discharged from the intensive care unit. 2. The guidelines were also updated to represent greater geographic and ...

Unlike adults, children don’t typically experience low blood pressure — a sign of septic shock — until later stages of the illness. Therefore, the guidelines outline a two-phase process to help ...

In a typical year, at least 1.7 million adults in the US develop sepsis, and at least 350,000 die in the hospital or are moved into hospice care, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and ...

Patients with sepsis who are discharged from emergency departments appear not to have adverse outcomes, but doctors overseeing their care could benefit from uniform guidelines for those decisions, ...

CHICAGO -- An international group of doctors is pushing for aggressive treatment to prevent half a million deaths worldwide from a common bloodstream infection. Sepsis kills more than 200,000 people ...

A national educational effort in Spain to promote appropriate care for severe sepsis and septic shock was associated with a lower rate of sepsis deaths in hospitals and improved guideline adherence, ...

Sepsis is not contagious, although some contagious infections can lead to sepsis. Some infections are more likely to result in sepsis, and certain people are at higher risk of developing it than ...