Medscape

Sepsis Common Cause of ICU Admissions in Patients With MS

Sepsis is an alarmingly common cause behind ICU admissions in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), a retrospective, population-based cohort study indicates. Furthermore, it contributes to a ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Early detection of sepsis in the ICU

Sepsis is the body’s overwhelming and life-threatening response to infection, which may rapidly lead to tissue damage, organ failure and death. In the United States alone, sepsis is attributed to more ...
Healio

Spotlight on critical care: Vitamin C for sepsis, trends in ICU outcomes

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Sepsis still kills one in five people worldwide. Two ICU physicians offer a new approach to stopping it

Can an otherwise healthy young woman die from what starts out as something akin to a common cold? The answer is, shockingly, yes, when certain telltale signs of a more serious problem go undetected.

'I thought I had the flu': Mom nearly died after dismissing deadly sepsis symptoms

Virginia Beach mother Audrey Wiggins shares her harrowing sepsis survival story to raise awareness after NASCAR star Kyle ...
MedPage Today

Procalcitonin Confirmed as Good Gauge for Window of Sepsis Antibiotics

For critically ill patients on antibiotics for suspected sepsis, monitoring one biomarker safely shortened the course of these medications in the ADAPT-Sepsis randomized trial. Daily assessment of ...
Healio

Inflammation, illness severity linked to less cognitive resilience after ICU visits

Patients in the ICU with more inflammation and more severe illness demonstrated less cognitive resilience, according to an ...
Becker's Hospital Review

ICU Deaths Due to Severe Sepsis Decrease, Study Finds

Changes in intensive care unit management over time can greatly reduce patients’ risk of sepsis, according to research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Researchers in ...
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Statins Linked to Lower Death Risk in ICU Sepsis Patients

* Statin use linked to 40% lower 28-day mortality in ICU sepsis patients * Benefits observed across normal, overweight, and obese subgroups * Statins showed //anti-inflammatory and immune-modulating ...
MedPage Today

Madonna's ICU Stay May Have Been Due to Sepsis

Global superstar Madonna is recovering from a stay in the intensive care unit (ICU) for what her manager described on Instagram as a "serious bacterial infection" -- which emergency physicians suspect ...
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Sepsis still kills 1 in 5 people worldwide – two ICU physicians offer a new approach to stopping it

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