DEAR MAYO CLINIC: Who’s most at risk for developing sepsis, and what are the symptoms to watch for? What’s the difference between sepsis and septic shock? Sepsis is a serious complication of an ...

Investigators for this study analyzed outcomes among patients hospitalized with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) who have higher risks of adverse health outcomes, in particular sepsis and septic ...

Sepsis and septic shock appear to be more common than heart attacks or pulmonary blood clots among patients having general surgery, and the death rate for patients with septic shock is approximately ...

Physicians Attribute Antimicrobial Resistance and the Spread of Multi-Drug Resistant Organisms (MDRO) to Antibiotic Overuse When asked if they have seen an increasing rate in sepsis in their hospitals ...

Korea: Researchers have found in a new study that adjunctive dobutamine use did not improve short-term organ function or ...

We suggest against using IV hydrocortisone to treat septic shock patients if adequate fluid resuscitation and vasopressor therapy are able to restore hemodynamic stability. If this is not achievable, ...

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 ...

The case description below highlights issues raised in an upcoming Critical Care Medicine article. A 77-year-old man is admitted to the ICU after an emergency laparotomy for a perforated sigmoid colon ...

Sepsis, the systemic inflammatory response due to a microbial infection, is an extensive clinical problem with significant mortality and economic burden. Depending on a host’s responses to an ...

USA TODAY reviewed in-custody death reports, revealing at least 1,780 sepsis-related deaths at prisons and jails nationally.

Short jail stays for minor crimes turn deadly when filth and a lack of care let infections run out of control, a USA TODAY ...

New guidelines for sepsis and septic shock management Updated international guidelines for managing sepsis and septic shock have been released by the Society of Critical Care Medicine and European ...