October 21, 2009 (New Orleans, Louisiana) — Rates of sepsis related to elective surgery, including severe sepsis, increased substantially between 1997 and 2006, but fatalities related to sepsis ...

The AI system detects deadly infections faster than doctors, saving thousands of lives from a condition that claims more than ...

Created by Johns Hopkins University researchers, the early warning system for sepsis aims to help physicians detect the ...

CHICAGO -- Incorporating procalcitonin into an algorithm for sepsis diagnosis in the emergency department did not affect the timeliness of patients receiving IV antibiotics, but it did reduce ...

Sepsis is one of the deadliest conditions in intensive care units (ICUs), triggered by the body's out-of-control response to infection. Despite medical advancements, its in-hospital mortality rate ...

Nine California hospitals experienced a 40 percent decline in mortality stemming from sepsis, the leading cause of preventable death in hospitals, according to a San Francisco Chronicle news report.

The rate of patient deaths in hospitals from a number of conditions increased significantly in the past five years across Pennsylvania, according to the latest hospital watchdog group performance ...

Credit: Getty Images Preventing sepsis after surgery should include screening before the surgery, close monitoring after surgery, and teaching patients how to recognize the signs of sepsis. Our ...