For almost 30 years, diagnostic criteria for sepsis has used the Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS) criteria in those with suspected infection, with presence of two or more criteria being ...

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HealthDay News — New definitions and criteria for sepsis and septic shock have been published online February 22 in the Journal of the American Medical Association to coincide with the Society of ...

ORLANDO -- For children with suspected or confirmed infection admitted to a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), the Phoenix sepsis criteria could be used to identify those at the highest risk of ...

A team of U.S. and international pediatric medical experts developed a new definition of sepsis in children at the Society for Critical Care Medicine’s 2024 Critical Care Congress being held in ...

Clinician-scientists from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago were among a diverse, international group of experts tasked by the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) with ...

With more than 1 million American dying from sepsis annually, providers follow a set of protocols to mitigate a patient’s risk of sepsis. JAMA delves into the updated guidelines, titled Surviving ...

This retrospective analysis identified a decision rule, and a set of 7 clinical criteria for detecting neonates in rural homes likely to die of sepsis, which showed 100% sensitivity, 92% specificity ...

In the emergency department (ED) setting, the quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA) score is better than previous criteria for predicting in-hospital mortality among patients with ...

Although national guidelines assume all patients diagnosed with sepsis in the emergency department will be admitted to the hospital for more treatment, a recent study suggests significantly more ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Rates of severe sepsis are higher than estimated in most studies, according to a retrospective review of ...