Sepsis is a life-threatening condition triggered by a severe infection. Severe sepsis and septic shock are progressive stages of sepsis associated with multi-organ failure and death. Mortality for ...

An international research team led by Tell Bennett, MD, MS, professor of biomedical informatics and pediatric critical care at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, released new diagnostic ...

About half of pediatric patients who died of sepsis over the past 20 years at Vanderbilt University Medical Center had evidence of an inflammatory state called PICS (persistent inflammation, ...

Interim results from a 40-hospital pediatric sepsis quality improvement study support lengthening the initial window for giving fluids and antibiotics. They also suggest better outcomes when providers ...

Among pediatric patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with high fevers, pinpointing those at risk for developing sepsis “is akin to looking for a needle in the haystack,” said Elizabeth ...

The current standards for sepsis screening are non-specific. The authors review biomarkers from genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics to enhance the specificity and sensitivity of ...