A new report has used the cases of three people as examples - two of whom died and the third needed an amputation ...

There are “ongoing challenges” in the early diagnosis of a life-threatening medical emergency, safety experts have said. The ...

New Orleans-based Ochsner Health, a, 46-hospital system, accomplished a 20% decrease in sepsis risk-adjusted mortality over two years with novel initiatives, a health system leader said on an American ...

Recent research showed that ICU statin therapy was associated with significantly lower 28-day all-cause mortality for ...

Early-onset neonatal sepsis is associated with an increased likelihood of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and ...

Introduction: Many practitioners routinely treat infants whose mean arterial blood pressure in mm Hg is less than their gestational age in weeks (GA). Objective: To assess the effectiveness of ...

Background: Hyperbilirubinaemia is a common complication of sepsis. Elevated bilirubin may induce inflammation and apoptosis. It was hypothesised that increased serum bilirubin on Intensive Care Unit ...

The team compared 6,070 sepsis patients who received statins during their care against another 6,070 patients who didn’t. The 28-day death rate was more than 23% for those who didn’t get ...

The team compared 6,070 sepsis patients who received statins during their care against another 6,070 patients who didn’t. The 28-day death rate was more than 23% for those who didn’t get ...

Sepsis-induced hypotension: A systolic blood pressure <90 mm Hg or a reduction of >40 mm Hg from baseline in the absence of other causes for hypotension.

Statins might help people survive sepsis. People treated with statins had a 39% better chance of surviving sepsis. Statins can lower inflammation, modulate the immune system and prevent blood clots.