Every year, sepsis kills an estimated 11 million people worldwide – that’s nearly one in five deaths globally. In the United States alone, it claims approximately 350,000 lives annually, more than ...

Bacteria Gram positive in sputum gram stain.red background. Both sepsis and bacteremia involve bacteria in the bloodstream. Bacteremia generally is not a serious condition, but sepsis can be ...

The sepsis definition describes three elements: infection, the host response and life-threatening organ dysfunction. Diagnosis is made based on myriad signs and symptoms, and although infection ...

Sepsis, a complex syndrome driven by a dysregulated host response to infection, is closely linked to both metabolic and ...

Sepsis is a hyperreactive immune response following an infection; it can cause organ damage and even death. In 2020, sepsis killed 11 million people. Despite decades of trials involving interventions ...

Credit: Getty Images To address the gap in sepsis management bundle compliance at a community hospital in Cleveland, Ohio, the authors created an intervention targeting patients who presented with ...

Since Froedtert Hospital adopted the test, the mortality rate for sepsis patients has decreased by 42% and hospital length of stay has been reduced by nearly two days for patients with a suspected ...

Novant Health has achieved a more than 50% reduction in sepsis mortality across its hospitals since 2021, following coordinated efforts to improve early identification and treatment. The Winston-Salem ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . This study included 2,963 patients deemed previously healthy before sepsis hospitalization. Among a set of ...